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1.198 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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1.94 deraadt 21: <hr>
22: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
23: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 24: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 25: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 26: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.94 deraadt 27: <hr>
28:
1.198 deraadt 29: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz>
1.142 deraadt 30: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
31: This file is updated once a day.
32:
33: <hr>
34:
1.197 deraadt 35: <dl>
1.43 deraadt 36: <a name=all></a>
1.67 deraadt 37: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 38: <ul>
1.221 ! deraadt 39: <a name=procfs></a>
1.220 deraadt 40: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
41: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
42: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
43: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
44: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
45: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/016_procfs.patch>
46: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
47: <p>
48: <a name=aty2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.218 deraadt 50: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.219 deraadt 51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch>
1.218 deraadt 52: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
53: <p>
1.214 deraadt 54: <a name=addusery2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.216 deraadt 56: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.214 deraadt 57: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch>
58: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
59: <p>
1.213 deraadt 60: <a name=3c900b></a>
1.219 deraadt 61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.213 deraadt 62: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
1.216 deraadt 63: sends packets).<br>
1.213 deraadt 64: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch>
65: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
66: <p>
1.208 deraadt 67: <a name=poll></a>
1.219 deraadt 68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 69: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
70: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch>
71: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
72: <p>
73: <a name=sendmail></a>
1.219 deraadt 74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 75: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch>
77: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
78: <p>
79: <a name=atapijumbo></a>
1.219 deraadt 80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 81: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
82: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
83: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.216 deraadt 84: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch><br>
1.208 deraadt 85: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
86: <p>
1.206 deraadt 87: <a name=sslUSA></a>
1.219 deraadt 88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.206 deraadt 89: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
90: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
1.211 deraadt 91: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
1.206 deraadt 92: are enabled or used.<br>
1.211 deraadt 93: <a href=http://www.openssh.com>OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
94: vulnerable.<br>
1.206 deraadt 95: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
96: <p>
97: To check what package you are using, use
98: <pre>
99: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
100: </pre>
101: The patched library says:<br>
1.212 rohee 102: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
1.206 deraadt 103: <p>
1.207 deraadt 104: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.206 deraadt 105: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
106: <pre>
107: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
108: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
109: </pre>
110: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
111: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
112: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.
113: <p>
1.203 deraadt 114: <a name=fortran></a>
1.219 deraadt 115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 116: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
117: release.<br>
118: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch>
119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
120: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
121: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h>
122: the include file</a> to your system.
123: <p>
1.201 deraadt 124: <a name=sshjumbo></a>
1.219 deraadt 125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 126: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
127: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
1.210 deraadt 128: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION THREE.</strong><br>
1.201 deraadt 129: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch>
1.210 deraadt 130: Revision 3 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
1.201 deraadt 131: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
1.200 deraadt 132: <p>
133: <a name=m4></a>
1.219 deraadt 134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 135: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.200 deraadt 136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch>
1.205 deraadt 137: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
1.194 deraadt 138: <p>
1.199 deraadt 139: <a name=ifmedia></a>
1.219 deraadt 140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 141: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.199 deraadt 142: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch>
143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.200 deraadt 145: <a name=newsyslog></a>
1.219 deraadt 146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 147: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.200 deraadt 148: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch>
1.199 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.25 deraadt 151: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 152: <p>
1.42 deraadt 153: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 154: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 155: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 156: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 157: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 158: <p>
1.47 deraadt 159: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 160: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 161: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 162: <a name=m68k_locore></a>
163: <a name=mac68k_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 165: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 166: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: <p>
1.25 deraadt 169: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 170: <p>
1.65 deraadt 171: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 172: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 173: <ul>
1.215 deraadt 174: <a name=eepromy2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.216 deraadt 176: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.215 deraadt 177: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch>
178: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
179: <p>
1.200 deraadt 180: <a name=sparc_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 182: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.200 deraadt 183: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch>
184: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
185: <p>
1.39 deraadt 186: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 187: <p>
1.93 deraadt 188: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 189: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 190: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 191: <a name=amiga_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 193: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 194: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
196: <p>
1.25 deraadt 197: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 198: <p>
1.65 deraadt 199: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 200: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 201: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 202: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 203: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 204: <p>
1.65 deraadt 205: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 206: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 207: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 208: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 209: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 210: <p>
1.93 deraadt 211: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 212: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 213: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 214: <a name=alpha_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 216: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 217: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch>
218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
219: <p>
1.56 deraadt 220: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 221: <p>
1.93 deraadt 222: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 223: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 224: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 225: <a name=hp300_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 226: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 227: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 228: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
230: <p>
1.56 deraadt 231: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 232: <p>
1.93 deraadt 233: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 234: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 235: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 236: <a name=mvme68k_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 238: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 239: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <p>
1.25 deraadt 242: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 243: <p>
1.95 deraadt 244: <a name=powerpc></a>
245: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
246: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 247: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 248: </ul>
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1.93 deraadt 254: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
255: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 256: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 257: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 258: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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