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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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1.9 jason 23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 24: <br>
1.22 deraadt 25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
30: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
31: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
32: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.29 ! deraadt 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>.
! 39: <a href="errata.html">3.5</a>.
1.21 deraadt 40: <br>
1.1 deraadt 41: <hr>
42:
1.24 naddy 43: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 44: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
45: This file is updated once a day.
46:
1.10 ericj 47: <p>
1.23 deraadt 48: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 49: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
50:
1.1 deraadt 51: <hr>
1.27 henning 52: <a name="all"></a>
53: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 54: <ul>
1.27 henning 55: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
56: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 57: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
58: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 59: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
60: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
61: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 62: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 63: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
64: <p>
1.27 henning 65: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
66: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 67: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 68: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 69: bypassed.
70: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 71: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 73: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
74: to version 3.3.16.
75: <p>
1.27 henning 76: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 78: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
79: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
80: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
81: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 82: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 83: crypt(3)</a>)
84: the impact is much reduced.<br>
85: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
86: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 87: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 88: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 89: <p>
1.27 henning 90: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 92: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
93: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
94: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
95: it</em>.
96: <p>
1.27 henning 97: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 99: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
100: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 101: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 102: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
103: <p>
1.27 henning 104: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
105: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 106: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
107: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 108: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
110: <p>
1.27 henning 111: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
114: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
115: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
116: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 117: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.27 henning 120: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.27 henning 126: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
127: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 129: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.27 henning 132: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
135: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 136: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.27 henning 139: <li><a name="poll"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.27 henning 145: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
146: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
154: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
155: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
158: <p>
1.27 henning 159: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
162: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
163: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
164: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 165: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 166: vulnerable.<br>
167: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
168: <p>
169: To check what package you are using, use
170: <pre>
171: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
172: </pre>
173: The patched library says:<br>
174: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
175: <p>
176: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
177: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
178: <pre>
179: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
180: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
181: </pre>
182: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
183: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
184: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
185: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
186: <p>
1.27 henning 187: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
188: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 189: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
190: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 191: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 192: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
193: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 195: the include file</a> to your system.
196: <p>
1.27 henning 197: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
198: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
200: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
201: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 202: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
204: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
205: <p>
1.27 henning 206: <li><a name="m4"></a>
207: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 208: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 209: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 210: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
211: <p>
1.27 henning 212: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
213: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 215: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
217: <p>
1.27 henning 218: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
219: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 221: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
223: <p>
224: </ul>
225: <p>
1.27 henning 226: <a name="i386"></a>
227: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 228: <ul>
229: <li>No problems identified yet.
230: </ul>
231: <p>
1.27 henning 232: <a name="mac68k"></a>
233: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 234: <ul>
1.27 henning 235: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
236: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
237: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 238: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 239: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <p>
242: </ul>
243: <p>
1.27 henning 244: <a name="sparc"></a>
245: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 246: <ul>
1.27 henning 247: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
248: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 249: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 251: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
252: <p>
1.27 henning 253: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 256: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
259: </ul>
260: <p>
1.27 henning 261: <a name="amiga"></a>
262: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 263: <ul>
1.27 henning 264: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
265: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 267: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 268: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
269: <p>
270: </ul>
271: <p>
1.27 henning 272: <a name="pmax"></a>
273: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 274: <ul>
275: <li>No problems identified yet.
276: </ul>
277: <p>
1.27 henning 278: <a name="arc"></a>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 280: <ul>
281: <li>No problems identified yet.
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="alpha"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
1.27 henning 287: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
288: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 290: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
292: <p>
293: </ul>
294: <p>
1.27 henning 295: <a name="hp300"></a>
296: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 297: <ul>
1.27 henning 298: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
299: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 301: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
303: <p>
304: </ul>
305: <p>
1.27 henning 306: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
307: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 308: <ul>
1.27 henning 309: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
310: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 312: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
315: </ul>
316: <p>
1.27 henning 317: <a name="powerpc"></a>
318: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 319: <ul>
320: <li>No problems identified yet.
321: </ul>
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>,
1.25 deraadt 338: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 339: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.29 ! deraadt 340: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>.
! 341: <a href="errata.html">3.5</a>.
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