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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>,
1.30 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>,
1.34 ! deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
! 43: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>.
1.21 deraadt 44: <br>
1.1 deraadt 45: <hr>
46:
1.24 naddy 47: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 48: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
49: This file is updated once a day.
50:
1.10 ericj 51: <p>
1.23 deraadt 52: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 53: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
54:
1.1 deraadt 55: <hr>
1.27 henning 56: <a name="all"></a>
57: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 58: <ul>
1.27 henning 59: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
60: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 61: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
62: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 63: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
64: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
65: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 66: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 67: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
68: <p>
1.27 henning 69: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 71: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 72: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 73: bypassed.
74: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 75: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 76: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 77: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
78: to version 3.3.16.
79: <p>
1.27 henning 80: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
81: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 82: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
83: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
84: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
85: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 86: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 87: crypt(3)</a>)
88: the impact is much reduced.<br>
89: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
90: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 91: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 92: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 93: <p>
1.27 henning 94: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 96: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
97: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
98: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
99: it</em>.
100: <p>
1.27 henning 101: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 103: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
104: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
1.27 henning 108: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
111: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.27 henning 115: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
118: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
119: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
120: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 121: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <p>
1.27 henning 124: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
125: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.27 henning 130: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 133: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
139: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 140: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.27 henning 143: <li><a name="poll"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.27 henning 149: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 152: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.27 henning 155: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
156: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
158: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
159: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 160: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
162: <p>
1.27 henning 163: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
164: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 165: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
166: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
167: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
168: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 169: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 170: vulnerable.<br>
171: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
172: <p>
173: To check what package you are using, use
174: <pre>
175: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
176: </pre>
177: The patched library says:<br>
178: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
179: <p>
180: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
181: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
182: <pre>
183: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
184: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
185: </pre>
186: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
187: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
188: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
189: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
190: <p>
1.27 henning 191: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
192: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
194: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 195: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
197: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 198: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 199: the include file</a> to your system.
200: <p>
1.27 henning 201: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
202: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
204: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
205: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 207: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
208: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
209: <p>
1.27 henning 210: <li><a name="m4"></a>
211: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 212: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 213: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 214: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
215: <p>
1.27 henning 216: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
223: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 225: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
227: <p>
228: </ul>
229: <p>
1.27 henning 230: <a name="i386"></a>
231: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 232: <ul>
233: <li>No problems identified yet.
234: </ul>
235: <p>
1.27 henning 236: <a name="mac68k"></a>
237: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 238: <ul>
1.27 henning 239: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
240: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
241: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 242: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 243: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
245: <p>
246: </ul>
247: <p>
1.27 henning 248: <a name="sparc"></a>
249: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 250: <ul>
1.27 henning 251: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
252: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 253: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 255: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
256: <p>
1.27 henning 257: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
258: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 259: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 260: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
263: </ul>
264: <p>
1.27 henning 265: <a name="amiga"></a>
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 267: <ul>
1.27 henning 268: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
269: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 270: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 271: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 272: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
273: <p>
274: </ul>
275: <p>
1.27 henning 276: <a name="pmax"></a>
277: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="arc"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <li>No problems identified yet.
286: </ul>
287: <p>
1.27 henning 288: <a name="alpha"></a>
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 290: <ul>
1.27 henning 291: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
292: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 294: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
296: <p>
297: </ul>
298: <p>
1.27 henning 299: <a name="hp300"></a>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 301: <ul>
1.27 henning 302: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
303: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 304: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 305: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
307: <p>
308: </ul>
309: <p>
1.27 henning 310: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
311: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 312: <ul>
1.27 henning 313: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
314: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 315: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 316: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
318: <p>
319: </ul>
320: <p>
1.27 henning 321: <a name="powerpc"></a>
322: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 323: <ul>
324: <li>No problems identified yet.
325: </ul>
326: <br>
327:
328: <hr>
1.9 jason 329: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 330: <br>
1.22 deraadt 331: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 332: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
333: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
334: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
335: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
336: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
337: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
338: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
339: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
340: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
341: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 342: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 343: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 344: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 345: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 346: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.33 deraadt 347: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 ! deraadt 348: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
! 349: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>.
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