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17: This is the OpenBSD 3.0 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=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
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34: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
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39:
40: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0.tar.gz>
41: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
42: This file is updated once a day.
43:
44: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
45: <code>OPENBSD_3_0</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
46:
47: <p>
48: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
49: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
50: <hr>
51:
52: <dl>
53: <a name=all></a>
54: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
55: <ul>
1.29 miod 56: <a name=kerntime></a>
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: October 7, 2002</strong></font><br>
58: Incorrect argument checking in the
59: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=setitimer&sektion=2">setitimer(2)</a> system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.<br>
60: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
61: <p>
1.27 miod 62: <a name=scarg></a>
63: <li><font color=#009000><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: August 11, 2002</strong></font><br>
64: An insufficient boundary check in the
65: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=select&sektion=2">select(2)</a>
1.28 provos 66: system call allows an attacker to overwrite kernel memory and execute arbitrary
1.27 miod 67: code in kernel context.<br>
68: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/031_scarg.patch">A
69: source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
70: <p>
1.24 miod 71: <a name=ssl></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: July 30, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.26 jufi 73: Several remote buffer overflows can occur in the SSL2 server and SSL3 client of the
74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssl&sektion=8">ssl(8)</a>
75: library, as in the ASN.1 parser code in the
76: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypto&sektion=3">crypto(3)</a>
77: library, all of them being potentially remotely exploitable.<br>
1.24 miod 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/030_ssl.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.25 aaron 79: <p>
1.24 miod 80: <a name=xdr></a>
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>029: SECURITY FIX: July 29, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.26 jufi 82: A buffer overflow can occur in the
83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xdr_array&sektion=3">xdr_array(3)</a>
84: RPC code, leading to possible remote crash.<br>
1.24 miod 85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/029_xdr.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.25 aaron 86: <p>
1.24 miod 87: <a name=pppd></a>
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: July 29, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.26 jufi 89: A race condition exists in the
90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pppd&sektion=8">pppd(8)</a>
91: daemon which may cause it to alter the file permissions of an arbitrary file.<br>
1.24 miod 92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/028_pppd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.25 aaron 93: <p>
1.21 ho 94: <a name=isakmpd2></a>
95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>027: RELIABILITY FIX: July 5, 2002</strong></font><br>
96: Receiving IKE payloads out of sequence can cause
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> to crash.<br>
98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/027_isakmpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.23 jufi 99: <br>
1.22 ho 100: This is the second version of the patch.
1.21 ho 101: <p>
1.17 miod 102: <a name=ktrace></a>
103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: June 27, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.19 horacio 104: The kernel would let any user <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ktrace&sektion=2">ktrace(2)</a> set[ug]id processes.<br>
1.18 pvalchev 105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/026_ktrace.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.17 miod 106: <p>
1.13 millert 107: <a name=resolver></a>
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: June 25, 2002</strong></font><br>
109: A potential buffer overflow in the DNS resolver has been found.<br>
110: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/025_resolver.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
111: <p>
1.14 miod 112: <a name=sshdauth></a>
1.12 miod 113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.20 deraadt 114: All versions of OpenSSH's sshd between 2.3.1 and 3.3 contain an input validation
1.14 miod 115: error that can result in an integer overflow and privilege escalation.
116: This problem is fixed in <a href="http://www.openssh.com/openbsd.html">OpenSSH
117: 3.4</a>, and a patch for the vulnerable releases is available as part of the
118: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/preauth.adv">security advisory</a>.
119: <p>
120: <a name=modssl></a>
121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2002</strong></font><br>
122: A buffer overflow can occur in the .htaccess parsing code in mod_ssl httpd
1.16 miod 123: module, leading to possible remote crash or exploit.<br>
1.14 miod 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/023_mod_ssl.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
1.12 miod 125: <p>
1.10 miod 126: <a name=httpd></a>
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: June 19, 2002</strong></font><br>
128: A buffer overflow can occur during the interpretation of chunked
1.11 brad 129: encoding in the http daemon, leading to possible remote crash or exploit.<br>
1.10 miod 130: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/022_httpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
131: <p>
1.7 millert 132: <a name=fdalloc2></a>
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002</strong></font><br>
134: A race condition exists where an attacker could fill the file descriptor
135: table and defeat the kernel's protection of fd slots 0, 1, and 2 for a
1.8 millert 136: setuid or setgid process.<br>
1.7 millert 137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/021_fdalloc2.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
138: <p>
1.5 millert 139: <a name=sudo2></a>
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: SECURITY FIX: April 25, 2002</strong></font><br>
1.6 millert 141: 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>
1.5 millert 142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/020_sudo.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
143: <p>
1.4 markus 144: <a name=sshafs></a>
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: April 22, 2002</strong></font><br>
146: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to a buffer overflow
147: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
148: if AFS has been configured on the system or if
149: KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing has been enabled
150: in the sshd_config file. Ticket and token passing is not enabled
151: by default.<br>
152: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/019_sshafs.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
153: <p>
1.1 deraadt 154: <a name=mail></a>
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: April 11, 2002</strong></font><br>
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mail&sektion=1">mail(1)</a>
157: will process tilde escapes even in non-interactive mode.
158: This can lead to a local root compromise.
159: <br>
160: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/018_mail.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
161: <p>
162: <a name=isakmpd></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: RELIABILITY FIX: March 26, 2002</strong></font><br>
164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>
165: will crash when receiving a zero length IKE packet due to a too-late length check.
166: <br>
167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/017_isakmpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
168: <p>
169: <a name=approval></a>
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: March 19, 2002</strong></font><br>
171: Under certain conditions, on systems using YP with netgroups in the password
172: database, it is possible for the
173: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rexecd&sektion=8">rexecd(8)</a>
174: and
175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rshd&sektion=8">rshd(8)</a>
176: daemons to execute the shell from a different user's password entry.
177: Due to a similar problem,
178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atrun&sektion=8">atrun(8)</a>
179: may change to the wrong home directory when running
180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=at&sektion=1">at(1)</a>
181: jobs.<br>
182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/016_approval.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
183: <p>
184: <a name=zlib></a>
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: RELIABILITY FIX: March 13, 2002</strong></font><br>
186: Under some circumstances the zlib compression library can free dynamically
187: allocated memory twice. This is not a security issue on OpenBSD since the BSD
188: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=free&sektion=3">free(3)</a>
189: function detects this.
190: There is also a kernel zlib component that may be used by pppd and IPSec.
191: The feasibility of attacking the kernel this way is currently unknown.<br>
192: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/015_zlib.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
193: <p>
194: <a name=openssh></a>
195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: March 8, 2002</strong></font><br>
196: A local user can gain super-user privileges due to an off-by-one check
197: in the channel forwarding code of OpenSSH.<br>
198: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/014_openssh.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
199: <p>
200: <a name=syspipe></a>
201: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: RELIABILITY FIX: February 4, 2002</strong></font><br>
202: The wrong filedescriptors are released when pipe(2) failed.<br>
203: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/013_syspipe.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
204: <p>
205: <a name=ptrace></a>
206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: January 21, 2002</strong></font><br>
207: A race condition between the ptrace(2) and execve(2) system calls allows
208: an attacker to modify the memory contents of suid/sgid processes which
209: could lead to compromise of the super-user account.<br>
210: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/012_ptrace.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
211: <p>
212: <a name=sudo>
213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: January 17, 2002</strong></font><br>
214: If the Postfix sendmail replacement is installed on a system an
215: attacker may be able to gain root privileges on the local host via
216: sudo(8) which runs the mailer as root with an environment inherited
217: from the invoking user. While this is a bug in sudo it is not
218: believed to be possible to exploit when sendmail (the mailer that
219: ships with OpenBSD) is the mailer. As of version 1.6.5, sudo passes
220: the mailer an environment that is not subject to influence from the
221: invoking user.<br>
222: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/011_sudo.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
223: <p>
224: <a name=ipip>
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: December 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.2 miod 226: Systems running with IP-in-IP encapsulation can be made to crash by
1.1 deraadt 227: malformed packets.<br>
228: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/010_ipip.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
229: <p>
230: <a name=lpd>
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: November 28, 2001</strong></font><br>
232: A security issue exists in the lpd daemon that may allow an attacker
233: to create arbitrary new files in the root directory. Only machines
234: with line printer access (ie: listed in either /etc/hosts.lpd or
235: /etc/hosts.equiv) may be used to mount an attack and the attacker
236: must have root access on the machine. OpenBSD does not start lpd
237: in the default installation.<br>
238: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/008_lpd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
239: <p>
240: <a name=vi.recover>
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
242: A security issue exists in the vi.recover script that may allow an attacker
243: to remove arbitrary zero-length files, regardless of ownership.
244: <br>
245: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/007_recover.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
246: <p>
247: <a name=pf>
248: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: November 13, 2001</strong></font>
249: <br>
250: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
251: was incapable of dealing with certain ipv6 icmp packets, resulting in a crash.
252: <br>
253: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/006_pf.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
254: <p>
255: <a name=sshd>
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: November 12, 2001</strong></font><br>
257: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
258: is being upgraded from OpenSSH 3.0 to OpenSSH 3.0.2 to fix a few problems:
259: <p>
260: <ul>
261: <li>A security hole that may allow an attacker to partially authenticate
262: if -- and only if -- the administrator has enabled KerberosV.
263: <br>
264: By default, OpenSSH KerberosV support only becomes active after KerberosV
265: has been properly configured.
266: <p>
267: <li>An excessive memory clearing bug (which we believe to be unexploitable)
268: also exists, but since this may cause daemon crashes, we are providing a
269: patch as well.
270: <p>
271: <li>A vulnerability in environment passing in the <code>UseLogin</code>
272: <i>sshd</i> option
273: <p>
274: <li>Various other non-critical fixes.
275: </ul>
276: <p>
277: Effectively an upgrade of OpenSSH 3.0 to OpenSSH 3.0.2,
278: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/002_ssh2.patch">a source code patch exists which remedies these problems</a>.
279: This is the second version of this patch.
280: <p>
281: <a name=hosts>
282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: INSTALL ISSUE: November 12, 2001</strong></font><br>
283: A small bug in the installation script causes the <tt>/etc/hosts</tt> file to
284: be incorrectly formed.<br>
285: The resulting file contains a line which reads like:<p>
286: <tt>
287: #.#.#.# hostname. hostname
288: </tt>
289: <p>
290: This line should actually read something like:<p>
291: <tt>
292: #.#.#.# hostname.domainname.com hostname
293: </tt>
294: <p>
295: To correct this problem, simply edit the file and insert the domainname in
296: the required place.
297: <p>
298: </ul>
299: <p>
300: <a name=i386></a>
301: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
302: <ul>
303: <a name=hifn>
304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: November 12, 2001</strong></font>
305: <br>
306: Hifn7751 based cards may stop working on certain motherboards due to
307: DMA errors.
308: <br>
309: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/i386/004_hifn.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
310: <p>
311: </ul>
312: <p>
313: <a name=alpha></a>
314: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
315: <ul>
316: <li>No problems identified yet.
317: </ul>
318: <p>
319: <a name=mac68k></a>
320: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
321: <ul>
322: <li>No problems identified yet.
323: </ul>
324: <p>
325: <a name=sparc></a>
326: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
327: <ul>
328: <li>No problems identified yet.
329: </ul>
330: <p>
331: <a name=sparc64></a>
332: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc64</font></h3>
333: <ul>
334: <a name=sparc64cd></a>
335: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: November 12, 2001</strong></font>
336: <br>
337: Access to a CD drive on the PCI ultrasparc machines results in a continuous stream
338: of bogus interrupt messages, causing great user anguish.
339: <br>
340: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/sparc64/003_sparc64cd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
341: <p>
342: </ul>
343: <p>
344: <a name=amiga></a>
345: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
346: <ul>
347: <li>No problems identified yet.
348: </ul>
349: <p>
350: <a name=hp300></a>
351: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
352: <ul>
353: <li>No problems identified yet.
354: </ul>
355: <p>
356: <a name=mvme68k></a>
357: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
358: <ul>
359: <li>No problems identified yet.
360: </ul>
361: <p>
362: <a name=macppc></a>
363: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>macppc</font></h3>
364: <ul>
365: <a name=macppcinstall></a>
366: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: INSTALLATION FIX: December 11, 2001</strong></font>
367: <br>
368: The 3.0 CD2 was created with an error which means that the instructions
369: for booting this architecture will not work. Instead, to boot the
370: CD, press Option-Command-O-F during power up to get into OpenFirmware
371: and then type:
372: <br>
373: <code>boot cd:,OFWBOOT /3.0/macppc/bsd.rd</code>
374: <p>
375: <a name=altivec></a>
376: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: November 12, 2001</strong></font>
377: <br>
378: Execution of Altivec instructions will crash the kernel.
379: <br>
380: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/macppc/005_altivec.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem</a>.
381: <p>
382: </ul>
383: <p>
384: <a name=vax></a>
385: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: <li>No problems identified yet.
388: </ul>
389:
390: </dl>
391: <br>
392:
393: <hr>
394: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
395: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
1.31 deraadt 396: <br>
1.32 ! deraadt 397: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.31 deraadt 398: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
399: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
400: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
401: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
402: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
403: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
404: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
405: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
406: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
407: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
408: <a href="errata.html">3.2</a>.
409: <br>
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