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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>,
1.25 ! deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
! 36: <a href="errata.html">3.3</a>.
1.21 deraadt 37: <br>
1.1 deraadt 38: <hr>
39:
1.24 naddy 40: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 41: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
42: This file is updated once a day.
43:
1.10 ericj 44: <p>
1.23 deraadt 45: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 46: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
47:
1.1 deraadt 48: <hr>
1.12 jufi 49: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 50: <dl>
51: <a name=all></a>
1.24 naddy 52: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 53: <ul>
1.7 deraadt 54: <a name=semconfig></a>
1.24 naddy 55: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 56: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
57: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 58: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
59: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
60: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 61: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 62: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
63: <p>
1.4 kjell 64: <a name=ipf></a>
1.24 naddy 65: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 66: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 67: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 68: bypassed.
69: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 70: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 71: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 72: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
73: to version 3.3.16.
74: <p>
1.2 deraadt 75: <a name=xlockmore></a>
1.24 naddy 76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 77: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
78: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
79: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
80: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 81: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 82: crypt(3)</a>)
83: the impact is much reduced.<br>
84: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
85: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 86: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 87: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 88: <p>
1.1 deraadt 89: <a name=rzsz></a>
1.24 naddy 90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 91: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
92: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
93: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
94: it</em>.
95: <p>
96: <a name=syslog></a>
1.24 naddy 97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 98: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
99: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 100: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
102: <p>
103: <a name=nsphy></a>
1.24 naddy 104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
106: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
110: <a name=procfs></a>
1.24 naddy 111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
113: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
114: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
115: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
119: <a name=aty2k></a>
1.24 naddy 120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 122: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
125: <a name=addusery2k></a>
1.24 naddy 126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 128: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
130: <p>
131: <a name=3c900b></a>
1.24 naddy 132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
134: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
138: <a name=poll></a>
1.24 naddy 139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 141: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
144: <a name=sendmail></a>
1.24 naddy 145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 147: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
150: <a name=atapijumbo></a>
1.24 naddy 151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
153: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
154: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 155: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
157: <p>
158: <a name=sslUSA></a>
1.24 naddy 159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
161: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
162: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
163: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 164: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 165: vulnerable.<br>
166: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
167: <p>
168: To check what package you are using, use
169: <pre>
170: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
171: </pre>
172: The patched library says:<br>
173: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
174: <p>
175: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
176: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
177: <pre>
178: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
179: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
180: </pre>
181: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
182: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
183: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
184: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
185: <p>
186: <a name=fortran></a>
1.24 naddy 187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
189: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 190: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
192: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 193: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 194: the include file</a> to your system.
195: <p>
196: <a name=sshjumbo></a>
1.24 naddy 197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
199: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
200: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 202: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
203: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
204: <p>
205: <a name=m4></a>
1.24 naddy 206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 207: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 208: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
210: <p>
211: <a name=ifmedia></a>
1.24 naddy 212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 213: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 214: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
216: <p>
217: <a name=newsyslog></a>
1.24 naddy 218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 220: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
222: <p>
223: </ul>
224: <p>
225: <a name=i386></a>
1.24 naddy 226: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 227: <ul>
228: <li>No problems identified yet.
229: </ul>
230: <p>
231: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.24 naddy 232: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 233: <ul>
234: <a name=m68k_locore></a>
235: <a name=mac68k_locore></a>
1.24 naddy 236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 238: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
240: <p>
241: </ul>
242: <p>
243: <a name=sparc></a>
1.24 naddy 244: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 245: <ul>
246: <a name=eepromy2k></a>
1.24 naddy 247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 248: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 249: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
252: <a name=sparc_locore></a>
1.24 naddy 253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 254: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 255: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 256: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
257: <p>
258: </ul>
259: <p>
260: <a name=amiga></a>
1.24 naddy 261: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 262: <ul>
263: <a name=amiga_locore></a>
1.24 naddy 264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
269: </ul>
270: <p>
271: <a name=pmax></a>
1.24 naddy 272: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 273: <ul>
274: <li>No problems identified yet.
275: </ul>
276: <p>
277: <a name=arc></a>
1.24 naddy 278: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 279: <ul>
280: <li>No problems identified yet.
281: </ul>
282: <p>
283: <a name=alpha></a>
1.24 naddy 284: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 285: <ul>
286: <a name=alpha_locore></a>
1.24 naddy 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 289: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 290: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
291: <p>
292: </ul>
293: <p>
294: <a name=hp300></a>
1.24 naddy 295: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 296: <ul>
297: <a name=hp300_locore></a>
1.24 naddy 298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 300: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: <p>
303: </ul>
304: <p>
305: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.24 naddy 306: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 307: <ul>
308: <a name=mvme68k_locore></a>
1.24 naddy 309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 310: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 311: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 312: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
313: <p>
314: </ul>
315: <p>
316: <a name=powerpc></a>
1.24 naddy 317: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 318: <ul>
319: <li>No problems identified yet.
320: </ul>
321: </dl>
1.12 jufi 322: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 323: <br>
324:
325: <hr>
1.9 jason 326: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 327: <br>
1.22 deraadt 328: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 329: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
330: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
331: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
332: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
333: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
334: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
335: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
336: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
337: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
338: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 ! deraadt 339: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
! 340: <a href="errata.html">3.3</a>.
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