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1.1 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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21: <hr>
1.9 jason 22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 23: <br>
1.22 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 25: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
26: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
27: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
28: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
29: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
35: <a href="errata.html">3.2</a>.
36: <br>
1.1 deraadt 37: <hr>
38:
1.24 ! naddy 39: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 40: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
41: This file is updated once a day.
42:
1.10 ericj 43: <p>
1.23 deraadt 44: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 45: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
46:
1.1 deraadt 47: <hr>
1.12 jufi 48: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 49: <dl>
50: <a name=all></a>
1.24 ! naddy 51: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 52: <ul>
1.7 deraadt 53: <a name=semconfig></a>
1.24 ! naddy 54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 55: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
56: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 57: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
58: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
59: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 60: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 61: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
62: <p>
1.4 kjell 63: <a name=ipf></a>
1.24 ! naddy 64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 65: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 66: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 67: bypassed.
68: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 69: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 70: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 71: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
72: to version 3.3.16.
73: <p>
1.2 deraadt 74: <a name=xlockmore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 76: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
77: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
78: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
79: blowfish encoding
1.24 ! naddy 80: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 81: crypt(3)</a>)
82: the impact is much reduced.<br>
83: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
84: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 ! naddy 85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 86: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 87: <p>
1.1 deraadt 88: <a name=rzsz></a>
1.24 ! naddy 89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 90: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
91: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
92: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
93: it</em>.
94: <p>
95: <a name=syslog></a>
1.24 ! naddy 96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 97: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
98: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 ! naddy 99: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
102: <a name=nsphy></a>
1.24 ! naddy 103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 104: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
105: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 106: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
109: <a name=procfs></a>
1.24 ! naddy 110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
112: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
113: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
114: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 115: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
118: <a name=aty2k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 121: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <p>
124: <a name=addusery2k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
130: <a name=3c900b></a>
1.24 ! naddy 131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
133: sends packets).<br>
1.24 ! naddy 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
137: <a name=poll></a>
1.24 ! naddy 138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 140: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
143: <a name=sendmail></a>
1.24 ! naddy 144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
149: <a name=atapijumbo></a>
1.24 ! naddy 150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
152: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
153: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 ! naddy 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
156: <p>
157: <a name=sslUSA></a>
1.24 ! naddy 158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
160: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
161: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
162: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 163: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 164: vulnerable.<br>
165: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
166: <p>
167: To check what package you are using, use
168: <pre>
169: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
170: </pre>
171: The patched library says:<br>
172: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
173: <p>
174: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
175: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
176: <pre>
177: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
178: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
179: </pre>
180: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
181: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
182: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
183: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
184: <p>
185: <a name=fortran></a>
1.24 ! naddy 186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
188: release.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
191: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 ! naddy 192: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 193: the include file</a> to your system.
194: <p>
195: <a name=sshjumbo></a>
1.24 ! naddy 196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 197: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
198: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
199: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 ! naddy 200: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
202: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
203: <p>
204: <a name=m4></a>
1.24 ! naddy 205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 207: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
209: <p>
210: <a name=ifmedia></a>
1.24 ! naddy 211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 212: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 213: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 214: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
215: <p>
216: <a name=newsyslog></a>
1.24 ! naddy 217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
221: <p>
222: </ul>
223: <p>
224: <a name=i386></a>
1.24 ! naddy 225: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 226: <ul>
227: <li>No problems identified yet.
228: </ul>
229: <p>
230: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 231: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 232: <ul>
233: <a name=m68k_locore></a>
234: <a name=mac68k_locore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 237: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
239: <p>
240: </ul>
241: <p>
242: <a name=sparc></a>
1.24 ! naddy 243: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 244: <ul>
245: <a name=eepromy2k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 247: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 248: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 249: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
250: <p>
251: <a name=sparc_locore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 253: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
256: <p>
257: </ul>
258: <p>
259: <a name=amiga></a>
1.24 ! naddy 260: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 261: <ul>
262: <a name=amiga_locore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 264: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 265: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
267: <p>
268: </ul>
269: <p>
270: <a name=pmax></a>
1.24 ! naddy 271: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 272: <ul>
273: <li>No problems identified yet.
274: </ul>
275: <p>
276: <a name=arc></a>
1.24 ! naddy 277: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
282: <a name=alpha></a>
1.24 ! naddy 283: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <a name=alpha_locore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 288: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: <p>
291: </ul>
292: <p>
293: <a name=hp300></a>
1.24 ! naddy 294: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 295: <ul>
296: <a name=hp300_locore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 299: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
301: <p>
302: </ul>
303: <p>
304: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 305: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 306: <ul>
307: <a name=mvme68k_locore></a>
1.24 ! naddy 308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 309: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 ! naddy 310: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
313: </ul>
314: <p>
315: <a name=powerpc></a>
1.24 ! naddy 316: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 317: <ul>
318: <li>No problems identified yet.
319: </ul>
320: </dl>
1.12 jufi 321: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 322: <br>
323:
324: <hr>
1.9 jason 325: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 326: <br>
1.22 deraadt 327: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 328: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
329: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
330: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
331: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
332: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
333: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
334: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
335: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
336: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
337: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
338: <a href="errata.html">3.2</a>.
339: <br>
340:
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