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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>
1.225 ! espie 39: <a name=rzsz></a>
! 40: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 41: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
! 42: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
! 43: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
! 44: it</em>.
1.222 deraadt 45: <a name=nsphy></a>
1.224 deraadt 46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.222 deraadt 47: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
48: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.223 deraadt 49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch>
1.222 deraadt 50: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
51: <p>
1.221 deraadt 52: <a name=procfs></a>
1.223 deraadt 53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.220 deraadt 54: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
55: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
56: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
57: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.223 deraadt 58: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch>
1.220 deraadt 59: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
60: <p>
61: <a name=aty2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.218 deraadt 63: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.219 deraadt 64: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch>
1.218 deraadt 65: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
66: <p>
1.214 deraadt 67: <a name=addusery2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.216 deraadt 69: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.214 deraadt 70: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch>
71: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
72: <p>
1.213 deraadt 73: <a name=3c900b></a>
1.219 deraadt 74: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.213 deraadt 75: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
1.216 deraadt 76: sends packets).<br>
1.213 deraadt 77: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch>
78: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
79: <p>
1.208 deraadt 80: <a name=poll></a>
1.219 deraadt 81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 82: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
83: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch>
84: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
85: <p>
86: <a name=sendmail></a>
1.219 deraadt 87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 88: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
89: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch>
90: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
91: <p>
92: <a name=atapijumbo></a>
1.219 deraadt 93: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 94: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
95: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
96: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.216 deraadt 97: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch><br>
1.208 deraadt 98: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
99: <p>
1.206 deraadt 100: <a name=sslUSA></a>
1.219 deraadt 101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.206 deraadt 102: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
103: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
1.211 deraadt 104: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
1.206 deraadt 105: are enabled or used.<br>
1.211 deraadt 106: <a href=http://www.openssh.com>OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
107: vulnerable.<br>
1.206 deraadt 108: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
109: <p>
110: To check what package you are using, use
111: <pre>
112: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
113: </pre>
114: The patched library says:<br>
1.212 rohee 115: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
1.206 deraadt 116: <p>
1.207 deraadt 117: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.206 deraadt 118: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
119: <pre>
120: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
121: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
122: </pre>
123: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
124: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
125: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.
126: <p>
1.203 deraadt 127: <a name=fortran></a>
1.219 deraadt 128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 129: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
130: release.<br>
131: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch>
132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
133: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h>
135: the include file</a> to your system.
136: <p>
1.201 deraadt 137: <a name=sshjumbo></a>
1.219 deraadt 138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 139: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
140: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
1.210 deraadt 141: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION THREE.</strong><br>
1.201 deraadt 142: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch>
1.210 deraadt 143: Revision 3 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
1.201 deraadt 144: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
1.200 deraadt 145: <p>
146: <a name=m4></a>
1.219 deraadt 147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 148: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.200 deraadt 149: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch>
1.205 deraadt 150: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
1.194 deraadt 151: <p>
1.199 deraadt 152: <a name=ifmedia></a>
1.219 deraadt 153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 154: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.199 deraadt 155: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch>
156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.200 deraadt 158: <a name=newsyslog></a>
1.219 deraadt 159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 160: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.200 deraadt 161: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch>
1.199 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.25 deraadt 164: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 165: <p>
1.42 deraadt 166: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 167: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 168: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 169: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 170: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 171: <p>
1.47 deraadt 172: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 173: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 174: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 175: <a name=m68k_locore></a>
176: <a name=mac68k_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 178: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 179: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
181: <p>
1.25 deraadt 182: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 183: <p>
1.65 deraadt 184: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 185: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 186: <ul>
1.215 deraadt 187: <a name=eepromy2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.216 deraadt 189: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.215 deraadt 190: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch>
191: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
192: <p>
1.200 deraadt 193: <a name=sparc_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 195: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.200 deraadt 196: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch>
197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
198: <p>
1.39 deraadt 199: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 200: <p>
1.93 deraadt 201: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 202: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 203: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 204: <a name=amiga_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 206: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 207: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
209: <p>
1.25 deraadt 210: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 211: <p>
1.65 deraadt 212: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 213: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 214: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 215: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 216: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 217: <p>
1.65 deraadt 218: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 219: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 220: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 221: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 222: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 223: <p>
1.93 deraadt 224: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 225: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 226: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 227: <a name=alpha_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 229: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 230: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch>
231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
232: <p>
1.56 deraadt 233: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 234: <p>
1.93 deraadt 235: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 236: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 237: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 238: <a name=hp300_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 240: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 241: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
1.56 deraadt 244: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 245: <p>
1.93 deraadt 246: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 249: <a name=mvme68k_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 251: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 252: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.25 deraadt 255: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 256: <p>
1.95 deraadt 257: <a name=powerpc></a>
258: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
259: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 260: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 261: </ul>
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1.75 deraadt 265:
1.25 deraadt 266: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 267: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
268: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 269: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 270: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 271: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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