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18: This is the OpenBSD 4.5 release errata & patch list:
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23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
30: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
31: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
32: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
33: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
34: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
35: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
36: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
37: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
38: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
39: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
40: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
41: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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43: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
44: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
45: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
46: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
47: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
48: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.3 deraadt 49: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.10 deraadt 50: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.16 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
1.1 djm 53: <br>
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1.25 ! sthen 56: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5.tar.gz">
1.1 djm 57: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
58: This file is updated once a day.
59:
60: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
61: <code>OPENBSD_4_5</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
62:
63: <p>
64: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
65: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
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1.23 jasper 89: <li><a name="016_openssl"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: April 14, 2010</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
91: In TLS connections, certain incorrectly formatted records can cause
92: an OpenSSL client or server to crash due to a read attempt at NULL.
93: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 94: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/016_openssl.patch">
1.23 jasper 95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
96: <p>
1.22 jasper 97:
1.19 dlg 98: <li><a name="015_mpi"></a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: RELIABILITY FIX: April 4, 2010</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
100: When updating sensors showing the state of RAID volumes
101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&sektion=4">mpi(4)</a>
102: allocates temporary memory and then returns it to the kernel as
103: device memory.
104: This causes kernel memory usage to be misrepresented, eventually
105: leading to a denial of service when a resource limit is apparently
106: reached.
107: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/015_mpi.patch">
1.19 dlg 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
110: <p>
111:
1.18 jasper 112: <li><a name="014_kerberos"></a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: RELIABILITY FIX: March 31, 2010</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
114: When decrypting packets, the internal decryption functions were not
115: paranoid enough in checking for underruns, which could potentially
116: lead to crashes.
117: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/014_kerberos.patch">
1.18 jasper 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
120: <p>
121:
1.17 jasper 122: <li><a name="013_ftpd"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: RELIABILITY FIX: March 12, 2010</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
124: Due to a null pointer dereference, it would be possible to crash ftpd when
125: handling glob(3)'ing requests. This is non-exploitable.
126: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 127: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/013_ftpd.patch">
1.17 jasper 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
129: <p>
130:
131: <li><a name="012_openssl"></a>
132: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: March 12, 2010</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
133: OpenSSL is susceptible to a buffer overflow due to a failure
134: to check for NULL returns from bn_wexpand function calls.
135: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 136: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/012_openssl.patch">
1.17 jasper 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
138: <p>
139:
1.15 sthen 140: <li><a name="011_ptrace"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: January 29, 2010</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
142: By using ptrace(2) on an ancestor process, a loop in the process tree
143: could be created, violating assumptions in other parts of the kernel
144: and resulting in infinite loops.
145: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/011_ptrace.patch">
1.15 sthen 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
148: <p>
149:
1.14 sthen 150: <li><a name="010_openssl"></a>
151: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: November 26, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
152: The SSL/TLS protocol is subject to man-in-the-middle attacks related to
153: renegotiation (see CVE-2009-3555, draft-ietf-tls-renegotiation-00).
154: OpenSSL permitted this protocol feature by default and had no way to
155: disable it.
156: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 157: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/010_openssl.patch">
1.14 sthen 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
159: <p>
160:
1.13 deraadt 161: <li><a name="009_getsockopt"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: October 28, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
163: getsockopt(2) with any of IP_AUTH_LEVEL, IP_ESP_TRANS_LEVEL, IP_ESP_NETWORK_LEVEL,
164: IP_IPCOMP_LEVEL will crash the system.
165: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 166: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/009_getsockopt.patch">
1.13 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
168: <p>
169:
1.12 jsing 170: <li><a name="008_xmm"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: October 05, 2009</strong></font> <i>i386 only</i><br>
172: XMM exceptions are not correctly handled resulting in a kernel panic.
173: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 174: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/i386/008_xmm.patch">
1.12 jsing 175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
176: <p>
177:
1.9 jasper 178: <li><a name="007_bind"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: July 29, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
180: A vulnerability has been found in BIND's named server
181: (<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0696">CVE-2009-0696</a>).
182: An attacker could crash a server with a specially crafted dynamic update message to a
183: zone for which the server is master.
184: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 185: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/007_bind.patch">
1.9 jasper 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
187: <p>
188:
1.8 fkr 189: <li><a name="006_perl"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: June 24, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
191: An off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in the
192: Compress::Raw::Zlib perl module before 2.017 (<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1391">CVE-2009-1391</a>),
193: as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products,
194: allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
195: (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that
196: triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
197: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 198: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/006_perl_zlib.patch">
1.8 fkr 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
200: <p>
201:
1.1 djm 202:
1.7 ratchov 203: <li><a name="005_audio"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: April 24, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
205: On very high system load, an audio interrupt may occur while the
206: audio process is filling audio ring buffers. This triggers bogus
207: (and useless) correction code in the
208: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audio&sektion=4">audio(4)</a>
209: driver causing the audio application to go out of sync, and in turn causing
210: continuous stuttering until the application is restarted.
211: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 212: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/005_audio.patch">
1.7 ratchov 213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><a name="004_aucat"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: April 24, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
218: In server mode when in full-duplex mode (the default)
219: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
220: will send each synchronization message twice, causing client applications
221: to think that buffer underruns are occuring. Depending on the
222: application, this may cause the sound to stutter.
223: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 224: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/004_aucat.patch">
1.7 ratchov 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
226: <p>
227:
228: <li><a name="003_bus_dma"></a>
229: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: April 24, 2009</strong></font> <i>i386 only</i><br>
230: When DMA'able memory is mapped by device drivers, the
231: mapping flags and protection are partially uninitialized.
232: Depending on the calling context, this may cause devices to misbehave, like
233: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audio&sektion=4">audio(4)</a>
234: to stutter, but other anomalies might be observed for other
235: device types.
236: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 237: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/i386/003_bus_dma.patch">
1.7 ratchov 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
239: <p>
240:
1.4 sthen 241: <li><a name="002_pf"></a>
242: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX: April 11, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
243: When pf attempts to perform translation on a specially crafted IP datagram,
244: a null pointer dereference will occur, resulting in a kernel panic.
245: In certain configurations this may be triggered by a remote attacker.
1.5 sthen 246: <br>
1.4 sthen 247: Restricting translation rules to protocols that are specific to the IP version
248: in use, is an effective workaround until the patch can be installed. As an
249: example, for IPv4 nat/binat/rdr rules you can use:
250: <pre>
251: nat/rdr ... inet proto { tcp udp icmp } ...
252: </pre>
253: Or for IPv6 nat/binat/rdr rules you can use:
254: <pre>
255: nat/rdr ... inet6 proto { tcp udp icmp6 } ...
256: </pre>
1.25 ! sthen 257: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/002_pf.patch">
1.4 sthen 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
259: <p>
260:
1.1 djm 261: <li><a name="001_openssl"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: April 8, 2009</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
263: The OpenSSL ASN.1 handling code could be forced to perform invalid memory
1.6 tobias 264: accesses through the use of certain invalid strings
1.1 djm 265: (<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0590">CVE-2009-0590</a>)
266: or under certain error conditions triggerable by invalid ASN.1 structures
267: (<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0789">CVE-2009-0789</a>).
268: These vulnerabilities could be exploited to achieve a
269: denial-of-service. A more detailed description of these problems is available
270: in the
271: <a href="http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt">OpenSSL security advisory</a>, but note that the other issue described there "Incorrect Error
272: Checking During CMS verification" relates to code not enabled in OpenBSD.
273: <br>
1.25 ! sthen 274: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/001_openssl.patch">
1.1 djm 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
276: <p>
277:
278: </ul>
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281: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
282: <br>
283: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
284: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
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287: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
288: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
289: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
290: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
291: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
292: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
293: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
294: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
295: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
296: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
297: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
298: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
299: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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301: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
302: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
303: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
304: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
305: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
306: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.3 deraadt 307: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.10 deraadt 308: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.16 deraadt 309: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
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