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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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22: <hr>
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>,
1.30 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 ! deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
! 41: <a href="errata.html">3.7</a>.
1.21 deraadt 42: <br>
1.1 deraadt 43: <hr>
44:
1.24 naddy 45: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 46: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
47: This file is updated once a day.
48:
1.10 ericj 49: <p>
1.23 deraadt 50: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 51: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
52:
1.1 deraadt 53: <hr>
1.27 henning 54: <a name="all"></a>
55: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 56: <ul>
1.27 henning 57: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
58: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 59: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
60: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 61: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
62: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
63: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 64: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 65: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
66: <p>
1.27 henning 67: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
68: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 69: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 70: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 71: bypassed.
72: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 73: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 74: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 75: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
76: to version 3.3.16.
77: <p>
1.27 henning 78: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
79: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 80: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
81: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
82: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
83: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 84: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 85: crypt(3)</a>)
86: the impact is much reduced.<br>
87: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
88: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 89: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 90: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 91: <p>
1.27 henning 92: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 94: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
95: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
96: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
97: it</em>.
98: <p>
1.27 henning 99: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 101: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
102: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 103: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.27 henning 106: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
107: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 108: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
109: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 110: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
112: <p>
1.27 henning 113: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
114: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 115: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
116: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
117: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
118: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.27 henning 122: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.27 henning 128: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
137: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 138: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.27 henning 141: <li><a name="poll"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 144: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.27 henning 147: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.27 henning 153: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
156: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
157: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 158: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
160: <p>
1.27 henning 161: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
164: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
165: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
166: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 167: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 168: vulnerable.<br>
169: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
170: <p>
171: To check what package you are using, use
172: <pre>
173: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
174: </pre>
175: The patched library says:<br>
176: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
177: <p>
178: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
179: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
180: <pre>
181: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
182: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
183: </pre>
184: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
185: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
186: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
187: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
188: <p>
1.27 henning 189: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
192: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 193: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
195: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 196: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 197: the include file</a> to your system.
198: <p>
1.27 henning 199: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
200: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 201: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
202: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
203: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 204: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 205: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
206: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
207: <p>
1.27 henning 208: <li><a name="m4"></a>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 211: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 212: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
213: <p>
1.27 henning 214: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
215: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 217: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
219: <p>
1.27 henning 220: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
221: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 222: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
225: <p>
226: </ul>
227: <p>
1.27 henning 228: <a name="i386"></a>
229: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 230: <ul>
231: <li>No problems identified yet.
232: </ul>
233: <p>
1.27 henning 234: <a name="mac68k"></a>
235: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 236: <ul>
1.27 henning 237: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
238: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
239: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 240: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 241: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
244: </ul>
245: <p>
1.27 henning 246: <a name="sparc"></a>
247: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.27 henning 249: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
250: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 251: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.27 henning 255: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 257: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
261: </ul>
262: <p>
1.27 henning 263: <a name="amiga"></a>
264: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 265: <ul>
1.27 henning 266: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
267: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 269: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 270: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
271: <p>
272: </ul>
273: <p>
1.27 henning 274: <a name="pmax"></a>
275: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 276: <ul>
277: <li>No problems identified yet.
278: </ul>
279: <p>
1.27 henning 280: <a name="arc"></a>
281: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 282: <ul>
283: <li>No problems identified yet.
284: </ul>
285: <p>
1.27 henning 286: <a name="alpha"></a>
287: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 288: <ul>
1.27 henning 289: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
290: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 292: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
294: <p>
295: </ul>
296: <p>
1.27 henning 297: <a name="hp300"></a>
298: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 299: <ul>
1.27 henning 300: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
301: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 302: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 303: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
306: </ul>
307: <p>
1.27 henning 308: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
309: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 310: <ul>
1.27 henning 311: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
312: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 313: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 314: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 315: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
316: <p>
317: </ul>
318: <p>
1.27 henning 319: <a name="powerpc"></a>
320: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 321: <ul>
322: <li>No problems identified yet.
323: </ul>
324: <br>
325:
326: <hr>
1.9 jason 327: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 328: <br>
1.22 deraadt 329: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 330: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
331: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
332: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
333: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
334: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
335: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
336: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
337: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
338: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
339: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 340: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 341: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 342: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 343: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 ! deraadt 344: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
! 345: <a href="errata.html">3.7</a>.
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