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16: This is the OpenBSD 4.5 release errata & patch list:
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21: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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23: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
24: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
25: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
26: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
27: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
36: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
37: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
38: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
39: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.3 deraadt 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.10 deraadt 48: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.16 deraadt 49: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.26 deraadt 50: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.27 miod 51: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.28 nick 52: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.29 sthen 53: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.30 deraadt 54: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.31 deraadt 55: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.32 deraadt 56: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.35 deraadt 57: <br>
1.33 deraadt 58: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.1 djm 60: <br>
61: <hr>
62:
1.25 sthen 63: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5.tar.gz">
1.1 djm 64: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
65: This file is updated once a day.
1.36 deraadt 66: <p>
1.1 djm 67:
1.36 deraadt 68: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 djm 69: <code>OPENBSD_4_5</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.36 deraadt 70: <p>
1.1 djm 71:
72: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
73: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.36 deraadt 74: <p>
75:
1.1 djm 76: <hr>
77:
78: <ul>
1.23 jasper 79: <li><a name="016_openssl"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 80: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: April 14, 2010</strong></font>
! 81: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 jasper 82: In TLS connections, certain incorrectly formatted records can cause
83: an OpenSSL client or server to crash due to a read attempt at NULL.
84: <br>
1.25 sthen 85: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/016_openssl.patch">
1.36 deraadt 86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.23 jasper 87: <p>
1.22 jasper 88:
1.19 dlg 89: <li><a name="015_mpi"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 90: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: RELIABILITY FIX: April 4, 2010</strong></font>
! 91: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.19 dlg 92: When updating sensors showing the state of RAID volumes
93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&sektion=4">mpi(4)</a>
94: allocates temporary memory and then returns it to the kernel as
95: device memory.
96: This causes kernel memory usage to be misrepresented, eventually
97: leading to a denial of service when a resource limit is apparently
98: reached.
99: <br>
1.25 sthen 100: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/015_mpi.patch">
1.36 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.19 dlg 102: <p>
103:
1.18 jasper 104: <li><a name="014_kerberos"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 105: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: RELIABILITY FIX: March 31, 2010</strong></font>
! 106: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.18 jasper 107: When decrypting packets, the internal decryption functions were not
108: paranoid enough in checking for underruns, which could potentially
109: lead to crashes.
110: <br>
1.25 sthen 111: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/014_kerberos.patch">
1.36 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.18 jasper 113: <p>
114:
1.17 jasper 115: <li><a name="013_ftpd"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 116: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: RELIABILITY FIX: March 12, 2010</strong></font>
! 117: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.17 jasper 118: Due to a null pointer dereference, it would be possible to crash ftpd when
119: handling glob(3)'ing requests. This is non-exploitable.
120: <br>
1.25 sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/013_ftpd.patch">
1.36 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 jasper 123: <p>
124:
125: <li><a name="012_openssl"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 126: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: March 12, 2010</strong></font>
! 127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.17 jasper 128: OpenSSL is susceptible to a buffer overflow due to a failure
129: to check for NULL returns from bn_wexpand function calls.
130: <br>
1.25 sthen 131: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/012_openssl.patch">
1.36 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.17 jasper 133: <p>
134:
1.15 sthen 135: <li><a name="011_ptrace"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 136: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: January 29, 2010</strong></font>
! 137: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.15 sthen 138: By using ptrace(2) on an ancestor process, a loop in the process tree
139: could be created, violating assumptions in other parts of the kernel
140: and resulting in infinite loops.
141: <br>
1.25 sthen 142: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/011_ptrace.patch">
1.36 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.15 sthen 144: <p>
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1.14 sthen 146: <li><a name="010_openssl"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 147: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: November 26, 2009</strong></font>
! 148: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 sthen 149: The SSL/TLS protocol is subject to man-in-the-middle attacks related to
150: renegotiation (see CVE-2009-3555, draft-ietf-tls-renegotiation-00).
151: OpenSSL permitted this protocol feature by default and had no way to
152: disable it.
153: <br>
1.25 sthen 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/010_openssl.patch">
1.36 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.14 sthen 156: <p>
157:
1.13 deraadt 158: <li><a name="009_getsockopt"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 159: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: RELIABILITY FIX: October 28, 2009</strong></font>
! 160: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.13 deraadt 161: getsockopt(2) with any of IP_AUTH_LEVEL, IP_ESP_TRANS_LEVEL, IP_ESP_NETWORK_LEVEL,
162: IP_IPCOMP_LEVEL will crash the system.
163: <br>
1.25 sthen 164: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/009_getsockopt.patch">
1.36 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 deraadt 166: <p>
167:
1.12 jsing 168: <li><a name="008_xmm"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 169: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: October 05, 2009</strong></font>
! 170: <i>i386 only</i><br>
1.12 jsing 171: XMM exceptions are not correctly handled resulting in a kernel panic.
172: <br>
1.25 sthen 173: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/i386/008_xmm.patch">
1.36 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.12 jsing 175: <p>
176:
1.9 jasper 177: <li><a name="007_bind"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 178: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: July 29, 2009</strong></font>
! 179: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.9 jasper 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">
1.36 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.9 jasper 187: <p>
188:
1.8 fkr 189: <li><a name="006_perl"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 190: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: June 24, 2009</strong></font>
! 191: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.8 fkr 192: An off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in the
193: 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>),
194: as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products,
195: allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
196: (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that
197: triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
198: <br>
1.25 sthen 199: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/006_perl_zlib.patch">
1.36 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.8 fkr 201: <p>
202:
1.1 djm 203:
1.7 ratchov 204: <li><a name="005_audio"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 205: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: April 24, 2009</strong></font>
! 206: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 ratchov 207: On very high system load, an audio interrupt may occur while the
208: audio process is filling audio ring buffers. This triggers bogus
1.33 deraadt 209: (and useless) correction code in the
1.7 ratchov 210: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audio&sektion=4">audio(4)</a>
211: driver causing the audio application to go out of sync, and in turn causing
212: continuous stuttering until the application is restarted.
213: <br>
1.25 sthen 214: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/005_audio.patch">
1.36 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 ratchov 216: <p>
217:
218: <li><a name="004_aucat"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 219: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: April 24, 2009</strong></font>
! 220: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 ratchov 221: In server mode when in full-duplex mode (the default)
222: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
223: will send each synchronization message twice, causing client applications
224: to think that buffer underruns are occuring. Depending on the
225: application, this may cause the sound to stutter.
226: <br>
1.25 sthen 227: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/004_aucat.patch">
1.36 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 ratchov 229: <p>
230:
231: <li><a name="003_bus_dma"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 232: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: April 24, 2009</strong></font>
! 233: <i>i386 only</i><br>
1.7 ratchov 234: When DMA'able memory is mapped by device drivers, the
235: mapping flags and protection are partially uninitialized.
236: Depending on the calling context, this may cause devices to misbehave, like
237: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audio&sektion=4">audio(4)</a>
238: to stutter, but other anomalies might be observed for other
239: device types.
240: <br>
1.25 sthen 241: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/i386/003_bus_dma.patch">
1.36 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 ratchov 243: <p>
244:
1.4 sthen 245: <li><a name="002_pf"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 246: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX: April 11, 2009</strong></font>
! 247: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.4 sthen 248: When pf attempts to perform translation on a specially crafted IP datagram,
249: a null pointer dereference will occur, resulting in a kernel panic.
250: In certain configurations this may be triggered by a remote attacker.
1.5 sthen 251: <br>
1.4 sthen 252: Restricting translation rules to protocols that are specific to the IP version
253: in use, is an effective workaround until the patch can be installed. As an
254: example, for IPv4 nat/binat/rdr rules you can use:
255: <pre>
256: nat/rdr ... inet proto { tcp udp icmp } ...
257: </pre>
258: Or for IPv6 nat/binat/rdr rules you can use:
259: <pre>
260: nat/rdr ... inet6 proto { tcp udp icmp6 } ...
261: </pre>
1.25 sthen 262: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/002_pf.patch">
1.36 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 sthen 264: <p>
265:
1.1 djm 266: <li><a name="001_openssl"></a>
1.37 ! deraadt 267: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: April 8, 2009</strong></font>
! 268: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 djm 269: The OpenSSL ASN.1 handling code could be forced to perform invalid memory
1.6 tobias 270: accesses through the use of certain invalid strings
1.1 djm 271: (<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0590">CVE-2009-0590</a>)
272: or under certain error conditions triggerable by invalid ASN.1 structures
273: (<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0789">CVE-2009-0789</a>).
274: These vulnerabilities could be exploited to achieve a
275: denial-of-service. A more detailed description of these problems is available
276: in the
277: <a href="http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt">OpenSSL security advisory</a>, but note that the other issue described there "Incorrect Error
278: Checking During CMS verification" relates to code not enabled in OpenBSD.
279: <br>
1.25 sthen 280: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.5/common/001_openssl.patch">
1.36 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 djm 282: <p>
283:
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