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17: This is the OpenBSD 2.9 release errata & patch list:
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22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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37:
38: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9.tar.gz>
39: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
40: This file is updated once a day.
41:
42: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
43: <code>OPENBSD_2_9</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
44:
45: <p>
46: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
47: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
48: <hr>
49:
50: <dl>
51: <a name=all></a>
52: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
53: <ul>
1.24 millert 54: <a name=resolver></a>
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: June 25, 2002</strong></font><br>
56: A potential buffer overflow in the DNS resolver has been found.<br>
57: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/027_resolver.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
58: <p>
1.21 millert 59: <a name=fdalloc2></a>
60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002</strong></font><br>
61: A race condition exists where an attacker could fill the file descriptor
62: table and defeat the kernel's protection of fd slots 0, 1, and 2 for a
1.22 millert 63: setuid or setgid process.<br>
1.21 millert 64: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/026_fdalloc2.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
65: <p>
1.20 millert 66: <a name=sudo2></a>
67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: April 25, 2002</strong></font><br>
68: A bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo(8)</a> may allow an attacker to corrupt the heap by specifying a custom prompt.<br>
69: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/025_sudo.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
70: <p>
1.19 markus 71: <a name=sshafs></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: April 22, 2002</strong></font><br>
73: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to a buffer overflow
74: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
75: if AFS has been configured on the system or if
76: KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing has been enabled
77: in the sshd_config file. Ticket and token passing is not enabled
78: by default.<br>
79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/024_sshafs.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
80: <p>
1.15 millert 81: <a name=mail></a>
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: April 11, 2002</strong></font><br>
83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mail&sektion=1">mail(1)</a>
84: will process tilde escapes even in non-interactive mode.
85: This can lead to a local root compromise.
86: <br>
87: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/023_mail.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
88: <p>
1.13 millert 89: <a name=zlib></a>
90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: RELIABILITY FIX: March 13, 2002</strong></font><br>
91: Under some circumstances the zlib compression library can free dynamically
92: allocated memory twice. This is not a security issue on OpenBSD since the BSD
93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=free&sektion=3">free(3)</a>
94: function detects this.
95: There is also a kernel zlib component that may be used by pppd and IPSec.
1.14 millert 96: The feasibility of attacking the kernel this way is currently unknown.<br>
1.13 millert 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/022_zlib.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
98: <p>
1.12 millert 99: <a name=openssh></a>
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: March 8, 2002</strong></font>
101: <br>
102: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to an off-by-one check
103: in the channel forwarding code of OpenSSH.<br>
104: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/021_openssh.patch"
105: >A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
106: <p>
1.11 miod 107: <a name=ptrace></a>
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: SECURITY FIX: February 20, 2002</strong></font><br>
109: A race condition between the ptrace(2) and execve(2) system calls allows
110: an attacker to modify the memory contents of suid/sgid processes which
111: could lead to compromise of the super-user account.<br>
112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/020_ptrace.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
113: <p>
1.7 millert 114: <a name=sudo>
1.9 brad 115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 116: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
117: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
118: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
119: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
120: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
121: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
122: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
1.8 millert 123: invoking user.<br>
1.7 millert 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/019_sudo.patch">A
125: source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
126: <p>
1.4 millert 127: <a name=lpd2>
1.5 millert 128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.4 millert 129: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
130: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
131: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
132: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
133: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
134: in the default installation.
135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/017_lpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
136: <p>
1.2 millert 137: <a name=vi.recover>
138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
139: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
140: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
141: <br>
1.3 miod 142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/016_recover.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.2 millert 143: <p>
1.1 deraadt 144: <a name=uucp>
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
146: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uuxqt&sektion=8">uuxqt(8)</a>
147: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
148: use this to gain root access.
149: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
150: parsing routine that may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
151: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
152: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
153: <br>
1.3 miod 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/015_uucp.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 155: <p>
156: <a name=lpd>
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
158: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8">lpd(8)</a>
159: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
160: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
161: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
162: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
163: may be used to mount an attack.
164: <br>
1.3 miod 165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/014_lpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 166: <p>
167: <a name=sendmail2>
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font><br>
169: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8">sendmail(8)</a>
170: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
171: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
172: <br>
1.3 miod 173: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/013_sendmail.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 174: <p>
175: <a name=nfs>
176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
177: A kernel buffer overflow exists in the NFS mount code. An attacker may
178: use this overflow to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. However,
179: only users with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&sektion=2">mount(2)</a>
180: privileges can initiate this attack. In default installs, only super-user has
181: mount privileges. The kern.usermount <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=3">sysctl(3)</a> controls whether other users have mount privileges.
182: <br>
1.3 miod 183: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/012_nfs.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.1 deraadt 184: <p>
185: <a name=pkg></a>
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: July 15, 2001</strong></font>
187: <br>
188: The
189: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages&sektion=7&format=html">packages(7)</a>
190: subsystem incorrectly accepts some package dependencies as okay (see
191: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages-specs&sektion=7&format=html">packages-specs(7)</a>
192: for details).
193: <br>
194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/011_pkg.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>,
195: by forcing <code>/usr/sbin/pkg</code> to be more careful in checking
196: version numbers.
197: <p>
198: <a name=twe></a>
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
200: <br>
201: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=twe&sektion=4&format=html">twe(4)</a>
202: mishandles the DMA mapping resulting in a kernel panic on unaligned data
203: transfers, induced by programs such as
204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&format=html">disklabel(8)</a>
205: and
206: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8&format=html">dump(8)</a>.
207: <br>
208: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/008_twe.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
209: This is the second version of the patch.
210: <p>
211: <a name=kernexec></a>
212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font><br>
213: A race condition exists in the kernel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=execve&sektion=2&format=html">execve(2)</a> implementation that opens a small window of vulnerability for a non-privileged user to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2&format=html">ptrace(2)</a> attach to a suid/sgid process.
214: <br>
215: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/007_kernexec.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
216: <p>
217: <a name=sshcookie></a>
218: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 12, 2001</strong></font><br>
219: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8&format=html">sshd(8)</a>
220: allows users to delete arbitrary files named "cookies" if X11
221: forwarding is enabled. X11 forwarding is disabled by default.
222: <br>
223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/006_sshcookie.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
224: <p>
225: <a name=pwd_mkdb></a>
226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: June 7, 2001</strong></font><br>
227: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwd_mkdb&sektion=8&format=html">pwd_mkdb(8)</a>
228: corrupts /etc/pwd.db when modifying an existing user.
229: <br>
230: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/005_pwd_mkdb.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
231: <p>
232: <a name=isakmpd></a>
233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: June 5, 2001</strong></font><br>
234: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>
235: will fail to use a certificate with an identity string that is
236: exactly N * 8 bytes long.
237: <br>
238: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/004_isakmpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
239: <p>
240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: DOCUMENTATION FIX: June 1, 2001</strong></font><br>
241: The 2.9 CD cover states that XFree86 3.3.6-current is included. This is only half-true.
242: In fact, the XFree86 included for all architectures is 4.0.3. On the i386, the
243: 3.3.6 Xservers have also been included, because 4.0.3 still has weak support for
244: some devices which 3.3.6 supported better.
245: <p>
246: <a name=fts></a>
247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
248: Programs using the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3&format=html">fts(3)</a>
249: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
250: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
251: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
252: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
253: opposed to descending into them.
254: <br>
255: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/002_fts.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
256: This is the second version of the patch.
257: <p>
258: <a name=sendmail></a>
259: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
260: The signal handlers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8&format=html">sendmail(8)</a> contain code that is unsafe in the
261: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
262: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
263: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
264: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/001_sendmail.patch">A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem by updating sendmail to version 8.11.4.
265: </ul>
266: <p>
267: <a name=i386></a>
268: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
269: <ul>
270: <a name=nvidia></a>
271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Jul 9,
272: 2001</strong></font></br>
273: The nVidia driver for XFree86 4.0.3 is incorrectly restoring the text
274: mode palette upon exit of the X server. <a
275: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/010_nvidia.patch">
276: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem.
277: To avoid rebuilding the whole XFree86 tree, an updated binary driver
278: is also available
279: <a
280: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/nv_drv.o">here
281: </a>. Just grab it, copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and
282: restart your X server.
283: <p>
284: <a name=XF86Setup></a>
285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: Jun 23,
286: 2001</strong></font><br>
287: The XF86Setup(1) configuration tool for XFree86 3.3.6 is producing
288: corrupted /etc/XF86Config files.
289: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/009_XF86Setup.patch">
290: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem by linking
291: XF86Setup against the XFree86 3.3.6 version of libXxf86vm.a.
292: <p>
293: <li>When using a PS/2 keyboard with an MSI K7T Pro2A motherboard, it may be
294: necessary to disable the "USB Keyboard Support" and
295: "USB Mouse Support" options in the BIOS. Otherwise, the i8042
296: keyboard controller doesn't acknowledge commands, confusing OpenBSD.
297: </ul>
298: <p>
299: <a name=alpha></a>
300: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
301: <ul>
302: <li>No problems identified yet.
303: </ul>
304: <p>
305: <a name=mac68k></a>
306: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
307: <ul>
1.6 miod 308: <li><font color=#00900><strong>019: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
309: The X binary sets shipped with OpenBSD 2.9 do not contain several files. These
310: missing files can be added manually from the sparc tarballs after the
311: installation:<br>
312: Grab the
313: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xbase29.tgz">xbase29.tgz</a>
314: and
315: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xshare29.tgz">xshare29.tgz</a>
316: files found in the 2.9/sparc directory on the CD, or any FTP site. The missing
317: files can be installed by using the following commands:
318: <tt><pre>
319: # cd /; tar xzpf xbase29.tgz ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{rgb.txt,xdm}
320: # cd /; tar xzpf xserv29.tgz ./etc/X11/xserver ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver
321: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; ln -fs Xmac68k X
322: </pre></tt>
323: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 324: </ul>
325: <p>
326: <a name=sparc></a>
327: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
328: <ul>
329: <li>No problems identified yet.
330: </ul>
331: <p>
332: <a name=amiga></a>
333: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
334: <ul>
335: <li>No problems identified yet.
336: </ul>
337: <p>
338: <a name=pmax></a>
339: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
340: <ul>
341: <li>No problems identified yet.
342: </ul>
343: <p>
344: <a name=hp300></a>
345: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
346: <ul>
347: <li>No problems identified yet.
348: </ul>
349: <p>
350: <a name=mvme68k></a>
351: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
352: <ul>
353: <li>No problems identified yet.
354: </ul>
355: <p>
356: <a name=powerpc></a>
357: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
358: <ul>
359: <li>No problems identified yet.
360: </ul>
361: <p>
362: <a name=vax></a>
363: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
364: <ul>
365: <li>No problems identified yet.
366: </ul>
367: <p>
368: <a name=sun3></a>
369: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: <li>No problems identified yet.
372: </ul>
373:
374: </dl>
375: <br>
376:
377: <hr>
378: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.26 ! deraadt 379: <br>
! 380: For errata on a certain releases, click below:<br>
! 381: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
! 382: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
! 383: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
! 384: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
! 385: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
! 386: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
! 387: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
! 388: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
! 389: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
! 390: <a href="errata.html">3.2</a>.
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