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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>,
1.34 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.37 ! deraadt 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>.
1.21 deraadt 46: <br>
1.1 deraadt 47: <hr>
48:
1.24 naddy 49: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 50: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
51: This file is updated once a day.
52:
1.10 ericj 53: <p>
1.23 deraadt 54: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 55: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
56:
1.1 deraadt 57: <hr>
1.27 henning 58: <a name="all"></a>
59: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 60: <ul>
1.27 henning 61: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
62: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 63: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
64: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 65: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
66: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
67: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 68: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 69: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
70: <p>
1.27 henning 71: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
72: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 73: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 74: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 75: bypassed.
76: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 77: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 79: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
80: to version 3.3.16.
81: <p>
1.27 henning 82: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 84: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
85: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
86: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
87: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 88: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 89: crypt(3)</a>)
90: the impact is much reduced.<br>
91: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
92: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 93: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 94: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 95: <p>
1.27 henning 96: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 98: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
99: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
100: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
101: it</em>.
102: <p>
1.27 henning 103: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
106: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
113: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 114: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
120: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
121: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
122: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.27 henning 126: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
127: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 129: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.27 henning 132: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.27 henning 138: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
141: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.27 henning 145: <li><a name="poll"></a>
146: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.27 henning 157: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
160: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
161: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 162: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
164: <p>
1.27 henning 165: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
166: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
168: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
169: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
170: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 171: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 172: vulnerable.<br>
173: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
174: <p>
175: To check what package you are using, use
176: <pre>
177: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
178: </pre>
179: The patched library says:<br>
180: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
181: <p>
182: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
183: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
184: <pre>
185: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
186: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
187: </pre>
188: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
189: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
190: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
191: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
192: <p>
1.27 henning 193: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
194: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 195: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
196: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 197: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 198: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
199: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 200: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 201: the include file</a> to your system.
202: <p>
1.27 henning 203: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
206: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
207: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 208: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
210: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
211: <p>
1.27 henning 212: <li><a name="m4"></a>
213: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 215: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 216: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
217: <p>
1.27 henning 218: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
219: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 221: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
223: <p>
1.27 henning 224: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
225: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 227: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
229: <p>
230: </ul>
231: <p>
1.27 henning 232: <a name="i386"></a>
233: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 234: <ul>
235: <li>No problems identified yet.
236: </ul>
237: <p>
1.27 henning 238: <a name="mac68k"></a>
239: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 240: <ul>
1.27 henning 241: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
242: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
243: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 244: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 245: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <p>
248: </ul>
249: <p>
1.27 henning 250: <a name="sparc"></a>
251: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 252: <ul>
1.27 henning 253: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 256: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
1.27 henning 259: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
260: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 261: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 262: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
264: <p>
265: </ul>
266: <p>
1.27 henning 267: <a name="amiga"></a>
268: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 269: <ul>
1.27 henning 270: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
271: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 272: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 273: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 274: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
275: <p>
276: </ul>
277: <p>
1.27 henning 278: <a name="pmax"></a>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 280: <ul>
281: <li>No problems identified yet.
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="arc"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
287: <li>No problems identified yet.
288: </ul>
289: <p>
1.27 henning 290: <a name="alpha"></a>
291: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 292: <ul>
1.27 henning 293: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
294: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 295: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 296: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 297: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
298: <p>
299: </ul>
300: <p>
1.27 henning 301: <a name="hp300"></a>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 303: <ul>
1.27 henning 304: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
305: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 307: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 308: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
309: <p>
310: </ul>
311: <p>
1.27 henning 312: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
313: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 314: <ul>
1.27 henning 315: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
316: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 318: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
320: <p>
321: </ul>
322: <p>
1.27 henning 323: <a name="powerpc"></a>
324: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 325: <ul>
326: <li>No problems identified yet.
327: </ul>
328: <br>
329:
330: <hr>
1.9 jason 331: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 332: <br>
1.22 deraadt 333: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 334: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
335: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
336: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
337: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
338: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
339: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
340: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
341: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
342: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
343: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 344: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 345: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 346: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 347: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 348: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.33 deraadt 349: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 350: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 351: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 352: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.37 ! deraadt 353: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>.
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