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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>,
1.33 ! deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
! 42: <a href="errata.html">3.8</a>.
1.21 deraadt 43: <br>
1.1 deraadt 44: <hr>
45:
1.24 naddy 46: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 47: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
48: This file is updated once a day.
49:
1.10 ericj 50: <p>
1.23 deraadt 51: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 52: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
53:
1.1 deraadt 54: <hr>
1.27 henning 55: <a name="all"></a>
56: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 57: <ul>
1.27 henning 58: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
59: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 60: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
61: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 62: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
63: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
64: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 65: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 66: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
1.27 henning 68: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
69: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 70: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 71: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 72: bypassed.
73: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 74: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 75: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 76: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
77: to version 3.3.16.
78: <p>
1.27 henning 79: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
80: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 81: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
82: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
83: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
84: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 85: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 86: crypt(3)</a>)
87: the impact is much reduced.<br>
88: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
89: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 90: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 91: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 92: <p>
1.27 henning 93: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 95: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
96: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
97: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
98: it</em>.
99: <p>
1.27 henning 100: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
101: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 102: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
103: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 104: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.27 henning 107: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
110: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 111: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
117: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
118: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
119: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 120: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 126: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.27 henning 129: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
130: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 132: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.27 henning 135: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
138: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 139: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.27 henning 142: <li><a name="poll"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 145: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.27 henning 148: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 151: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <p>
1.27 henning 154: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
155: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
157: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
158: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
161: <p>
1.27 henning 162: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
165: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
166: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
167: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 168: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 169: vulnerable.<br>
170: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
171: <p>
172: To check what package you are using, use
173: <pre>
174: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
175: </pre>
176: The patched library says:<br>
177: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
178: <p>
179: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
180: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
181: <pre>
182: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
183: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
184: </pre>
185: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
186: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
187: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
188: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
189: <p>
1.27 henning 190: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
191: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
193: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
196: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 197: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 198: the include file</a> to your system.
199: <p>
1.27 henning 200: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
201: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
203: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
204: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 205: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 206: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
207: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
208: <p>
1.27 henning 209: <li><a name="m4"></a>
210: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 211: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 212: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 213: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
214: <p>
1.27 henning 215: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
216: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 218: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
220: <p>
1.27 henning 221: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
222: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 223: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 224: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
226: <p>
227: </ul>
228: <p>
1.27 henning 229: <a name="i386"></a>
230: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 231: <ul>
232: <li>No problems identified yet.
233: </ul>
234: <p>
1.27 henning 235: <a name="mac68k"></a>
236: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 237: <ul>
1.27 henning 238: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
239: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 241: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 242: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 243: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
244: <p>
245: </ul>
246: <p>
1.27 henning 247: <a name="sparc"></a>
248: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 249: <ul>
1.27 henning 250: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
251: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 252: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 253: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 254: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
255: <p>
1.27 henning 256: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
257: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 258: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
261: <p>
262: </ul>
263: <p>
1.27 henning 264: <a name="amiga"></a>
265: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 266: <ul>
1.27 henning 267: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 270: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 271: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
272: <p>
273: </ul>
274: <p>
1.27 henning 275: <a name="pmax"></a>
276: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 277: <ul>
278: <li>No problems identified yet.
279: </ul>
280: <p>
1.27 henning 281: <a name="arc"></a>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 283: <ul>
284: <li>No problems identified yet.
285: </ul>
286: <p>
1.27 henning 287: <a name="alpha"></a>
288: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 289: <ul>
1.27 henning 290: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
291: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 292: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 293: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
295: <p>
296: </ul>
297: <p>
1.27 henning 298: <a name="hp300"></a>
299: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 300: <ul>
1.27 henning 301: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
302: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 303: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 304: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 305: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
306: <p>
307: </ul>
308: <p>
1.27 henning 309: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 311: <ul>
1.27 henning 312: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
313: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 315: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 316: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
317: <p>
318: </ul>
319: <p>
1.27 henning 320: <a name="powerpc"></a>
321: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 322: <ul>
323: <li>No problems identified yet.
324: </ul>
325: <br>
326:
327: <hr>
1.9 jason 328: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 329: <br>
1.22 deraadt 330: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 331: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
332: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
333: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
334: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
335: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
336: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
337: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
338: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
339: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
340: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 341: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 342: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 343: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 344: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 345: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.33 ! deraadt 346: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
! 347: <a href="errata.html">3.8</a>.
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