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18: This is the OpenBSD 3.8 release errata & patch list:
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23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
24: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
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26: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
27: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
28: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
29: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
30: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
31: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
32: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
33: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
34: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
35: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
36: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
37: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
38: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
39: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
40: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
41: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
42: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
43: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
44: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>,
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48: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8.tar.gz">
49: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
50: This file is updated once a day.
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52: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
53: <code>OPENBSD_3_8</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
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56: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
57: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
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! 79: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: SECURITY FIX: May 2, 2006</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 80: A security vulnerability has been found in the X.Org server --
! 81: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1526">CVE-2006-1526</a>.
! 82: Clients authorized to connect to the X server are able to crash it and to execute
! 83: malicious code within the X server.
! 84: <br>
! 85: <a href="//ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/007_xorg.patch">
! 86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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1.2 brad 88: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
1.3 uwe 89: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: March 25, 2006</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 brad 90: A race condition has been reported to exist in the handling by sendmail of
91: asynchronous signals. A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the
92: privileges of the user running sendmail, typically root.
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94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/006_sendmail.patch">
95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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1.3 uwe 99: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: February 12, 2006</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 100: Josh Bressers has reported a weakness in OpenSSH caused due to the insecure use of the
101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=system&sektion=3">system(3)</a>
102: function in
103: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>
104: when performing copy operations using filenames that are supplied by the user from the command line.
105: This can be exploited to execute shell commands with privileges of the user running
106: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>.
107: <br>
108: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/005_ssh.patch">
109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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113: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: January 13, 2006</strong></font> <i>i386 architecture</i><br>
114: Constrain
115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=i386_set_ioperm&arch=i386&sektion=2">i386_set_ioperm(2)</a>
116: so even root is blocked from accessing the ioports
117: unless the machine is running at lower securelevels or with an open X11 aperture.
118: <br>
119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/i386/004_i386machdep.patch">
120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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123: <li><a name="i386pmap"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: January 13, 2006</strong></font> <i>i386 architecture</i><br>
125: Change the implementation of i386 W^X so that the "execute line" can move around.
126: Before it was limited to being either at 512MB (below which all code normally
127: lands) or at the top of the stack. Now the line can float as
128: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&sektion=2">mprotect(2)</a>
129: and
130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mmap&sektion=2">mmap(2)</a>
131: requests need it to. This is now implemented using only GDT selectors
132: instead of the LDT so that it is more robust as well.
133: <br>
134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/i386/003_i386pmap.patch">
135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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138: <li><a name="fd"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: January 5, 2006</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
140: Do not allow users to trick suid programs into re-opening files via /dev/fd.
141: <br>
142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/002_fd.patch">
143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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147: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: January 5, 2006</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
148: A buffer overflow has been found in the Perl interpreter with the sprintf function which
149: may be exploitable under certain conditions.
150: <br>
151: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/001_perl.patch">
152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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159: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
160: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
161: <br>
162: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
163: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
164: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
165: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
166: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
167: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
168: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
169: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
170: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
171: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
172: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
173: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
174: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
175: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
176: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
177: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
178: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
179: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
180: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>.
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