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! 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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! 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>
! 24: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 25: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 26: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 27: <a href=errata.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 28: <hr>
! 29:
! 30: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz>
! 31: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
! 32: This file is updated once a day.
! 33:
! 34: <hr>
! 35:
! 36: <dl>
! 37: <a name=all></a>
! 38: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
! 39: <ul>
! 40: <a name=rzsz></a>
! 41: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 42: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
! 43: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
! 44: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
! 45: it</em>.
! 46: <p>
! 47: <a name=syslog></a>
! 48: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 49: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
! 50: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
! 51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch>
! 52: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 53: <p>
! 54: <a name=nsphy></a>
! 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 56: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
! 57: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
! 58: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch>
! 59: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 60: <p>
! 61: <a name=procfs></a>
! 62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 63: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
! 64: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
! 65: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
! 66: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
! 67: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch>
! 68: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 69: <p>
! 70: <a name=aty2k></a>
! 71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 72: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
! 73: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch>
! 74: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 75: <p>
! 76: <a name=addusery2k></a>
! 77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 78: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
! 79: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch>
! 80: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 81: <p>
! 82: <a name=3c900b></a>
! 83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 84: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
! 85: sends packets).<br>
! 86: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch>
! 87: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 88: <p>
! 89: <a name=poll></a>
! 90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 91: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
! 92: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch>
! 93: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 94: <p>
! 95: <a name=sendmail></a>
! 96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 97: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
! 98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch>
! 99: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 100: <p>
! 101: <a name=atapijumbo></a>
! 102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 103: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
! 104: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
! 105: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
! 106: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch><br>
! 107: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
! 108: <p>
! 109: <a name=sslUSA></a>
! 110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 111: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
! 112: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
! 113: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
! 114: are enabled or used.<br>
! 115: <a href=http://www.openssh.com>OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
! 116: vulnerable.<br>
! 117: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
! 118: <p>
! 119: To check what package you are using, use
! 120: <pre>
! 121: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
! 122: </pre>
! 123: The patched library says:<br>
! 124: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
! 125: <p>
! 126: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
! 127: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
! 128: <pre>
! 129: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
! 130: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
! 131: </pre>
! 132: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
! 133: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
! 134: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
! 135: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
! 136: <p>
! 137: <a name=fortran></a>
! 138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 139: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
! 140: release.<br>
! 141: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch>
! 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
! 143: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
! 144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h>
! 145: the include file</a> to your system.
! 146: <p>
! 147: <a name=sshjumbo></a>
! 148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 149: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
! 150: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
! 151: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
! 152: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch>
! 153: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
! 154: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
! 155: <p>
! 156: <a name=m4></a>
! 157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 158: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
! 159: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch>
! 160: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 161: <p>
! 162: <a name=ifmedia></a>
! 163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 164: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
! 165: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch>
! 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 167: <p>
! 168: <a name=newsyslog></a>
! 169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 170: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
! 171: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch>
! 172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 173: <p>
! 174: </ul>
! 175: <p>
! 176: <a name=i386></a>
! 177: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
! 178: <ul>
! 179: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 180: </ul>
! 181: <p>
! 182: <a name=mac68k></a>
! 183: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
! 184: <ul>
! 185: <a name=m68k_locore></a>
! 186: <a name=mac68k_locore></a>
! 187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 188: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 189: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
! 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 191: <p>
! 192: </ul>
! 193: <p>
! 194: <a name=sparc></a>
! 195: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
! 196: <ul>
! 197: <a name=eepromy2k></a>
! 198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 199: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
! 200: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch>
! 201: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
! 202: <p>
! 203: <a name=sparc_locore></a>
! 204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 205: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
! 206: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch>
! 207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 208: <p>
! 209: </ul>
! 210: <p>
! 211: <a name=amiga></a>
! 212: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
! 213: <ul>
! 214: <a name=amiga_locore></a>
! 215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 216: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 217: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
! 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 219: <p>
! 220: </ul>
! 221: <p>
! 222: <a name=pmax></a>
! 223: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
! 224: <ul>
! 225: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 226: </ul>
! 227: <p>
! 228: <a name=arc></a>
! 229: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
! 230: <ul>
! 231: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 232: </ul>
! 233: <p>
! 234: <a name=alpha></a>
! 235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
! 236: <ul>
! 237: <a name=alpha_locore></a>
! 238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 239: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 240: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch>
! 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 242: <p>
! 243: </ul>
! 244: <p>
! 245: <a name=hp300></a>
! 246: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
! 247: <ul>
! 248: <a name=hp300_locore></a>
! 249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 250: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 251: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
! 252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 253: <p>
! 254: </ul>
! 255: <p>
! 256: <a name=mvme68k></a>
! 257: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
! 258: <ul>
! 259: <a name=mvme68k_locore></a>
! 260: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
! 261: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 262: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch>
! 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 264: <p>
! 265: </ul>
! 266: <p>
! 267: <a name=powerpc></a>
! 268: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
! 269: <ul>
! 270: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 271: </ul>
! 272:
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! 274: <br>
! 275:
! 276: <hr>
! 277: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 278: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 279: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 280: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 281: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 282: <a href=errata.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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