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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>
23: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
24: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
25: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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27: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
28: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
29: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
30: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
31: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
32: <hr>
33:
34: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9.tar.gz>
35: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
36: This file is updated once a day.
37:
38: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
39: <code>OPENBSD_2_9</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
40:
41: <p>
42: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
43: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
44: <hr>
45:
46: <dl>
47: <a name=all></a>
48: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
49: <ul>
1.7 ! millert 50: <a name=sudo>
! 51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong></fo
! 52: nt><br>
! 53: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
! 54: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
! 55: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
! 56: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
! 57: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
! 58: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
! 59: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
! 60: invoking user.
! 61: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/common/019_sudo.patch">A
! 62: source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
! 63: <p>
1.4 millert 64: <a name=lpd2>
1.5 millert 65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.4 millert 66: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
67: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
68: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
69: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
70: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
71: in the default installation.
72: <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>.
73: <p>
1.2 millert 74: <a name=vi.recover>
75: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
76: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
77: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
78: <br>
1.3 miod 79: <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 80: <p>
1.1 deraadt 81: <a name=uucp>
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: SECURITY FIX: September 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
83: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uuxqt&sektion=8">uuxqt(8)</a>
84: that may allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands as user uucp and
85: use this to gain root access.
86: The UUCP execution daemon, uuxqt(8), has a bug in its command line
87: parsing routine that may allow arbitrary commands to be run. Because
88: some UUCP commands are run as root (and daemon) from cron it is possible
89: to leverage compromise of the UUCP user to gain root.
90: <br>
1.3 miod 91: <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 92: <p>
93: <a name=lpd>
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: August 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
95: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8">lpd(8)</a>
96: that may allow an attacker with line printer access to gain root
97: privileges. A machine must be running lpd to be vulnerable (OpenBSD
98: does not start lpd by default). Only machines with line printer
99: access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or /etc/hosts.equiv)
100: may be used to mount an attack.
101: <br>
1.3 miod 102: <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 103: <p>
104: <a name=sendmail2>
105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: August 21, 2001</strong></font><br>
106: A security hole exists in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8">sendmail(8)</a>
107: that may allow an attacker on the local host to gain root privileges by
108: specifying out-of-bounds debug parameters.
109: <br>
1.3 miod 110: <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 111: <p>
112: <a name=nfs>
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
114: A kernel buffer overflow exists in the NFS mount code. An attacker may
115: use this overflow to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. However,
116: only users with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&sektion=2">mount(2)</a>
117: privileges can initiate this attack. In default installs, only super-user has
118: 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.
119: <br>
1.3 miod 120: <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 121: <p>
122: <a name=pkg></a>
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: July 15, 2001</strong></font>
124: <br>
125: The
126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages&sektion=7&format=html">packages(7)</a>
127: subsystem incorrectly accepts some package dependencies as okay (see
128: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=packages-specs&sektion=7&format=html">packages-specs(7)</a>
129: for details).
130: <br>
131: <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>,
132: by forcing <code>/usr/sbin/pkg</code> to be more careful in checking
133: version numbers.
134: <p>
135: <a name=twe></a>
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font>
137: <br>
138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=twe&sektion=4&format=html">twe(4)</a>
139: mishandles the DMA mapping resulting in a kernel panic on unaligned data
140: transfers, induced by programs such as
141: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&format=html">disklabel(8)</a>
142: and
143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8&format=html">dump(8)</a>.
144: <br>
145: <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>.
146: This is the second version of the patch.
147: <p>
148: <a name=kernexec></a>
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: SECURITY FIX: June 15, 2001</strong></font><br>
150: 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.
151: <br>
152: <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>.
153: <p>
154: <a name=sshcookie></a>
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 12, 2001</strong></font><br>
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8&format=html">sshd(8)</a>
157: allows users to delete arbitrary files named "cookies" if X11
158: forwarding is enabled. X11 forwarding is disabled by default.
159: <br>
160: <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>.
161: <p>
162: <a name=pwd_mkdb></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: June 7, 2001</strong></font><br>
164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwd_mkdb&sektion=8&format=html">pwd_mkdb(8)</a>
165: corrupts /etc/pwd.db when modifying an existing user.
166: <br>
167: <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>.
168: <p>
169: <a name=isakmpd></a>
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: June 5, 2001</strong></font><br>
171: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>
172: will fail to use a certificate with an identity string that is
173: exactly N * 8 bytes long.
174: <br>
175: <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>.
176: <p>
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: DOCUMENTATION FIX: June 1, 2001</strong></font><br>
178: The 2.9 CD cover states that XFree86 3.3.6-current is included. This is only half-true.
179: In fact, the XFree86 included for all architectures is 4.0.3. On the i386, the
180: 3.3.6 Xservers have also been included, because 4.0.3 still has weak support for
181: some devices which 3.3.6 supported better.
182: <p>
183: <a name=fts></a>
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: May 30, 2001</strong></font><br>
185: Programs using the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3&format=html">fts(3)</a>
186: routines (such as rm, find, and most programs that take a <b>-R</b>
187: flag) can be tricked into changing into the wrong directory if the
188: parent dir is changed out from underneath it. This is similar to
189: the old fts bug but happens when popping out of directories, as
190: opposed to descending into them.
191: <br>
192: <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>.
193: This is the second version of the patch.
194: <p>
195: <a name=sendmail></a>
196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
197: 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
198: context of a signal handler. This leads to potentially serious
199: race conditions. At the moment this is a theoretical attack only
200: and can only be exploited on the local host (if at all).<br>
201: <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.
202: </ul>
203: <p>
204: <a name=i386></a>
205: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
206: <ul>
207: <a name=nvidia></a>
208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Jul 9,
209: 2001</strong></font></br>
210: The nVidia driver for XFree86 4.0.3 is incorrectly restoring the text
211: mode palette upon exit of the X server. <a
212: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/010_nvidia.patch">
213: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem.
214: To avoid rebuilding the whole XFree86 tree, an updated binary driver
215: is also available
216: <a
217: href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/nv_drv.o">here
218: </a>. Just grab it, copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ and
219: restart your X server.
220: <p>
221: <a name=XF86Setup></a>
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: Jun 23,
223: 2001</strong></font><br>
224: The XF86Setup(1) configuration tool for XFree86 3.3.6 is producing
225: corrupted /etc/XF86Config files.
226: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.9/i386/009_XF86Setup.patch">
227: A source code patch exists</a> which remedies the problem by linking
228: XF86Setup against the XFree86 3.3.6 version of libXxf86vm.a.
229: <p>
230: <li>When using a PS/2 keyboard with an MSI K7T Pro2A motherboard, it may be
231: necessary to disable the "USB Keyboard Support" and
232: "USB Mouse Support" options in the BIOS. Otherwise, the i8042
233: keyboard controller doesn't acknowledge commands, confusing OpenBSD.
234: </ul>
235: <p>
236: <a name=alpha></a>
237: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
238: <ul>
239: <li>No problems identified yet.
240: </ul>
241: <p>
242: <a name=mac68k></a>
243: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
244: <ul>
1.6 miod 245: <li><font color=#00900><strong>019: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 11, 2001</strong></font><br>
246: The X binary sets shipped with OpenBSD 2.9 do not contain several files. These
247: missing files can be added manually from the sparc tarballs after the
248: installation:<br>
249: Grab the
250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xbase29.tgz">xbase29.tgz</a>
251: and
252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.9/sparc/xshare29.tgz">xshare29.tgz</a>
253: files found in the 2.9/sparc directory on the CD, or any FTP site. The missing
254: files can be installed by using the following commands:
255: <tt><pre>
256: # cd /; tar xzpf xbase29.tgz ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{rgb.txt,xdm}
257: # cd /; tar xzpf xserv29.tgz ./etc/X11/xserver ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver
258: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; ln -fs Xmac68k X
259: </pre></tt>
260: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 261: </ul>
262: <p>
263: <a name=sparc></a>
264: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
265: <ul>
266: <li>No problems identified yet.
267: </ul>
268: <p>
269: <a name=amiga></a>
270: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
271: <ul>
272: <li>No problems identified yet.
273: </ul>
274: <p>
275: <a name=pmax></a>
276: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
277: <ul>
278: <li>No problems identified yet.
279: </ul>
280: <p>
281: <a name=hp300></a>
282: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
283: <ul>
284: <li>No problems identified yet.
285: </ul>
286: <p>
287: <a name=mvme68k></a>
288: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
289: <ul>
290: <li>No problems identified yet.
291: </ul>
292: <p>
293: <a name=powerpc></a>
294: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
295: <ul>
296: <li>No problems identified yet.
297: </ul>
298: <p>
299: <a name=vax></a>
300: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
301: <ul>
302: <li>No problems identified yet.
303: </ul>
304: <p>
305: <a name=sun3></a>
306: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
307: <ul>
308: <li>No problems identified yet.
309: </ul>
310:
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312: <br>
313:
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315: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
316: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
317: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
318: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
319: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
320: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
321: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
322: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
323: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
324: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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