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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>,
1.38 ! merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
! 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>.
1.21 deraadt 47: <br>
1.1 deraadt 48: <hr>
49:
1.24 naddy 50: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 51: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
52: This file is updated once a day.
53:
1.10 ericj 54: <p>
1.23 deraadt 55: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 56: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
57:
1.1 deraadt 58: <hr>
1.27 henning 59: <a name="all"></a>
60: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 61: <ul>
1.27 henning 62: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
63: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 64: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
65: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 66: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
67: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
68: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 69: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 70: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
71: <p>
1.27 henning 72: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
73: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 74: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 75: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 76: bypassed.
77: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 78: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 80: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
81: to version 3.3.16.
82: <p>
1.27 henning 83: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
84: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 85: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
86: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
87: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
88: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 89: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 90: crypt(3)</a>)
91: the impact is much reduced.<br>
92: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
93: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 95: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 96: <p>
1.27 henning 97: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 99: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
100: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
101: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
102: it</em>.
103: <p>
1.27 henning 104: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
105: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 106: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
107: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 108: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
110: <p>
1.27 henning 111: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
114: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 115: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.27 henning 118: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
119: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
121: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
122: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
123: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.27 henning 127: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 130: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.27 henning 133: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
134: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 136: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.27 henning 139: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
142: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 143: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.27 henning 146: <li><a name="poll"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 149: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.27 henning 152: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 155: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.27 henning 158: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
161: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
162: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 163: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
165: <p>
1.27 henning 166: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
167: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
169: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
170: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
171: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 172: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 173: vulnerable.<br>
174: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
175: <p>
176: To check what package you are using, use
177: <pre>
178: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
179: </pre>
180: The patched library says:<br>
181: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
182: <p>
183: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
184: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
185: <pre>
186: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
187: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
188: </pre>
189: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
190: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
191: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
192: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
193: <p>
1.27 henning 194: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
195: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
197: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 198: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
200: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 202: the include file</a> to your system.
203: <p>
1.27 henning 204: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
205: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
207: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
208: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 209: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 210: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
211: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
212: <p>
1.27 henning 213: <li><a name="m4"></a>
214: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 216: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 217: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
218: <p>
1.27 henning 219: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
220: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 222: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
224: <p>
1.27 henning 225: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
226: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 228: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
230: <p>
231: </ul>
232: <p>
1.27 henning 233: <a name="i386"></a>
234: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 235: <ul>
236: <li>No problems identified yet.
237: </ul>
238: <p>
1.27 henning 239: <a name="mac68k"></a>
240: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 241: <ul>
1.27 henning 242: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
243: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
244: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 245: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 246: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 247: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
248: <p>
249: </ul>
250: <p>
1.27 henning 251: <a name="sparc"></a>
252: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.27 henning 254: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
255: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 256: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 257: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 258: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
259: <p>
1.27 henning 260: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
261: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 262: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 263: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 264: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
265: <p>
266: </ul>
267: <p>
1.27 henning 268: <a name="amiga"></a>
269: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 270: <ul>
1.27 henning 271: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
272: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 273: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 274: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
276: <p>
277: </ul>
278: <p>
1.27 henning 279: <a name="pmax"></a>
280: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 281: <ul>
282: <li>No problems identified yet.
283: </ul>
284: <p>
1.27 henning 285: <a name="arc"></a>
286: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 287: <ul>
288: <li>No problems identified yet.
289: </ul>
290: <p>
1.27 henning 291: <a name="alpha"></a>
292: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 293: <ul>
1.27 henning 294: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
295: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 296: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 297: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 298: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
299: <p>
300: </ul>
301: <p>
1.27 henning 302: <a name="hp300"></a>
303: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 304: <ul>
1.27 henning 305: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
306: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 308: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
310: <p>
311: </ul>
312: <p>
1.27 henning 313: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
314: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 315: <ul>
1.27 henning 316: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
317: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 318: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 319: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 320: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
321: <p>
322: </ul>
323: <p>
1.27 henning 324: <a name="powerpc"></a>
325: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 326: <ul>
327: <li>No problems identified yet.
328: </ul>
329: <br>
330:
331: <hr>
1.9 jason 332: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 333: <br>
1.22 deraadt 334: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 335: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
336: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
337: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
338: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
339: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
340: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
341: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
342: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
343: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
344: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 345: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 346: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 347: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 348: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 349: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.33 deraadt 350: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 351: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 352: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 353: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 ! merdely 354: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
! 355: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>.
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