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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>
1.230 ! deraadt 39: <a name=xlockmore></a>
! 40: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: SECURITY ISSUE: May 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 41: A localhost security issue exists in /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock. To work around
! 42: it for now, do:
! 43: <pre>
! 44: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
! 45: </pre>
! 46: A patch will be forthcoming, and the problem will not affect the (upcoming)
! 47: OpenBSD 2.7 release.
! 48: <p>
1.225 espie 49: <a name=rzsz></a>
50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
51: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
52: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
53: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
54: it</em>.
1.226 deraadt 55: <p>
56: <a name=syslog></a>
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
58: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
59: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
60: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch>
61: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
62: <p>
1.222 deraadt 63: <a name=nsphy></a>
1.224 deraadt 64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.222 deraadt 65: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
66: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.223 deraadt 67: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch>
1.222 deraadt 68: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
69: <p>
1.221 deraadt 70: <a name=procfs></a>
1.223 deraadt 71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.220 deraadt 72: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
73: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
74: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
75: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.223 deraadt 76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch>
1.220 deraadt 77: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
78: <p>
79: <a name=aty2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.218 deraadt 81: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.219 deraadt 82: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch>
1.218 deraadt 83: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
84: <p>
1.214 deraadt 85: <a name=addusery2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.216 deraadt 87: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.214 deraadt 88: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch>
89: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
90: <p>
1.213 deraadt 91: <a name=3c900b></a>
1.219 deraadt 92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.213 deraadt 93: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
1.216 deraadt 94: sends packets).<br>
1.213 deraadt 95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch>
96: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
97: <p>
1.208 deraadt 98: <a name=poll></a>
1.219 deraadt 99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 100: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
101: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch>
102: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
103: <p>
104: <a name=sendmail></a>
1.219 deraadt 105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 106: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
107: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch>
108: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
110: <a name=atapijumbo></a>
1.219 deraadt 111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.208 deraadt 112: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
113: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
114: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.216 deraadt 115: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch><br>
1.208 deraadt 116: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
117: <p>
1.206 deraadt 118: <a name=sslUSA></a>
1.219 deraadt 119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.206 deraadt 120: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
121: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
1.211 deraadt 122: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
1.206 deraadt 123: are enabled or used.<br>
1.211 deraadt 124: <a href=http://www.openssh.com>OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
125: vulnerable.<br>
1.206 deraadt 126: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
127: <p>
128: To check what package you are using, use
129: <pre>
130: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
131: </pre>
132: The patched library says:<br>
1.212 rohee 133: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
1.206 deraadt 134: <p>
1.207 deraadt 135: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.206 deraadt 136: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
137: <pre>
138: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
139: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
140: </pre>
141: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
142: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.229 deraadt 143: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
144: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
1.206 deraadt 145: <p>
1.203 deraadt 146: <a name=fortran></a>
1.219 deraadt 147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 148: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
149: release.<br>
150: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch>
151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
152: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h>
154: the include file</a> to your system.
155: <p>
1.201 deraadt 156: <a name=sshjumbo></a>
1.219 deraadt 157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 158: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
159: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
1.228 brad 160: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.201 deraadt 161: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch>
1.228 brad 162: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
1.201 deraadt 163: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
1.200 deraadt 164: <p>
165: <a name=m4></a>
1.219 deraadt 166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 167: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.200 deraadt 168: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch>
1.205 deraadt 169: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
1.194 deraadt 170: <p>
1.199 deraadt 171: <a name=ifmedia></a>
1.219 deraadt 172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 173: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.199 deraadt 174: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch>
175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
176: <p>
1.200 deraadt 177: <a name=newsyslog></a>
1.219 deraadt 178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 179: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.200 deraadt 180: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch>
1.199 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <p>
1.25 deraadt 183: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 184: <p>
1.42 deraadt 185: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 186: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 187: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 188: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 189: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 190: <p>
1.47 deraadt 191: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 192: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 193: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 194: <a name=m68k_locore></a>
195: <a name=mac68k_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 197: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 198: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
200: <p>
1.25 deraadt 201: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 202: <p>
1.65 deraadt 203: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 204: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 205: <ul>
1.215 deraadt 206: <a name=eepromy2k></a>
1.219 deraadt 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.216 deraadt 208: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.215 deraadt 209: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch>
1.227 deraadt 210: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
1.215 deraadt 211: <p>
1.200 deraadt 212: <a name=sparc_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 214: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.200 deraadt 215: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch>
216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
217: <p>
1.39 deraadt 218: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 219: <p>
1.93 deraadt 220: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 221: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 222: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 223: <a name=amiga_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 225: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 226: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
228: <p>
1.25 deraadt 229: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 230: <p>
1.65 deraadt 231: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 232: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 233: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 234: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 235: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 236: <p>
1.65 deraadt 237: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 238: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 239: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 240: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 241: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 242: <p>
1.93 deraadt 243: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 244: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 245: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 246: <a name=alpha_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 248: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 249: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch>
250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.56 deraadt 252: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 253: <p>
1.93 deraadt 254: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 255: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 256: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 257: <a name=hp300_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 259: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 260: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.56 deraadt 263: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 264: <p>
1.93 deraadt 265: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 266: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 267: <ul>
1.202 deraadt 268: <a name=mvme68k_locore></a>
1.219 deraadt 269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.203 deraadt 270: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.202 deraadt 271: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
272: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
273: <p>
1.25 deraadt 274: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 275: <p>
1.95 deraadt 276: <a name=powerpc></a>
277: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
278: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 279: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 280: </ul>
281:
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1.25 deraadt 285: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 286: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
287: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 288: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 289: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 290: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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