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