attention please: host's IP stack behavior got changed slightly.

commit from today [1] makes IP stack more paranoid. Up to now OpenBSD implemented so called 'weak host model' [2]. The today's commit alters that for hosts, which don't forward packets (don't act as routers)...

https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20191209024432

#network

An OpenBSD desktop using WindowMaker.

Since I started using *N?X, I’ve regularly used WindowMaker. I’ve always liked the look and feel, the dock system and the dockapps. It may look a bit oldish nowadays. And that’s enough to try to change this. So here it is, a 2019 flavored WindowMaker Desktop, running on OpenBSD 6.4/amd64...

https://www.tumfatig.net/20190215/an-openbsd-desktop-using-windowmaker/

#desktop #windowmaker

Local Privilege Escalation in OpenBSD's dynamic loader (CVE-2019-19726)

We discovered a Local Privilege Escalation in OpenBSD's dynamic loader (ld.so): this vulnerability is exploitable in the default installation (via the set-user-ID executable chpass or passwd) and yields full root privileges.

We developed a simple proof of concept and successfully tested it against OpenBSD 6.6 (the current release), 6.5, 6.2, and 6.1, on both amd64 and i386; other releases and architectures are probably also exploitable.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/11/9

#security

OpenBSD: Local privilege escalation via S/Key and YubiKey.

OpenBSD, in a non-default configuration where S/Key or YubiKey authentication is enabled, allows local users to become root by leveraging membership in the auth group. This occurs because root’s file can be written to /etc/skey or /var/db/yubikey, and need not be owned by root.

https://allelesecurity.com/asa-2019-00653/

#security

CarolinaCon 15: Writing Exploit-Resistant Code With OpenBSD.

OpenBSD is renowned for its security innovations and code quality. With its emphasis on code correctness, exploit mitigation techniques, and a rigorous development process, OpenBSD provides a rich platform and environment for developers to create robust software. This talk explores various OpenBSD programs, exploit mitigation techniques, tools, and development practices to show how you can use them to write code that is safe, robust, and resistant to exploits – even if your code is meant for platforms other than OpenBSD.

https://lteo.net/blog/2019/04/27/carolinacon-15-writing-exploit-resistant-code-with-openbsd/

#develop

HyperbolaBSD Roadmap

This will not be a "distro", but a hard fork of the OpenBSD kernel and userspace including new code written under GPLv3 and LGPLv3 to replace GPL-incompatible parts and non-free ones...

https://www.hyperbola.info/news/announcing-hyperbolabsd-roadmap/

#system

Lecture: A systematic evaluation of OpenBSD's mitigations.

OpenBSD markets itself as a secure operating system, but doesn't provide much evidences to back this claim. The goal of this talk is to evaluate how effective OpenBSD's security mitigation are, in a systematic, rational and comprehensive way...

https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2019/Fahrplan/events/10519.html

p. s. isopenbsdsecu.re - coming soon

#security

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in the OpenBSD ld.so dynamic loader (CVE-2019-19726). The _dl_getenv() function fails to reset the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable when set with approximately ARG_MAX colons. This can be abused to load libutil.so from an untrusted path, using LD_LIBRARY_PATH in combination with the chpass set-uid executable, resulting in privileged code execution. This module has been tested successfully on OpenBSD 6.1 (amd64) and OpenBSD 6.6 (amd64).

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155764

#security

Is OpenBSD secure? https://isopenbsdsecu.re/

Suggestion: Replace Perl with Lua in the OpenBSD Base System.

Hmmm... 🤔 https://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/Suggestion-Replace-Perl-with-Lua-in-the-OpenBSD-Base-System-tt380393.html

#system #misc

WP2Static and OpenBSD.

Want to setup a WP2Static-friendly, minimal webserver vs using an off the shelf image? We detail the steps for setting up an optimized environment in OpenBSD, our preferred, secure by default, lightweight and easy to maintain operating system.

https://wp2static.com/developers/webserver-setup/

#wordpress #wp2static

cloud-agent for OpenBSD.

This is a simple OpenBSD-specific agent that aims to handle provisioning and cloud initialization on public clouds such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. For OpenBSD on Azure, it is a minimal alternative to the WALinuxAgent.

https://github.com/reyk/cloud-agent

#cloud #github

OpenBSD: High-Availability Firewalling.

https://stuarthowlette.me.uk/posts/openbsd-firewall-ha/

#firewall #pf #carp

OpenBSD supremacy, Laslo Hunhold.

A look at recent developments in OpenBSD and a discussion about how to include these advances in suckless tools.

https://suckless.org/conferences/2019/

#dev #video