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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>,
1.39 ! deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
! 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>.
1.21 deraadt 48: <br>
1.1 deraadt 49: <hr>
50:
1.24 naddy 51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 52: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
53: This file is updated once a day.
54:
1.10 ericj 55: <p>
1.23 deraadt 56: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 57: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
58:
1.1 deraadt 59: <hr>
1.27 henning 60: <a name="all"></a>
61: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 62: <ul>
1.27 henning 63: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
64: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 65: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
66: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 67: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
68: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
69: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 70: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 71: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
72: <p>
1.27 henning 73: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
74: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 75: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 76: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 77: bypassed.
78: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 79: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 80: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 81: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
82: to version 3.3.16.
83: <p>
1.27 henning 84: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
85: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 86: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
87: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
88: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
89: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 90: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 91: crypt(3)</a>)
92: the impact is much reduced.<br>
93: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
94: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 95: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 96: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 97: <p>
1.27 henning 98: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 100: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
101: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
102: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
103: it</em>.
104: <p>
1.27 henning 105: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 107: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
108: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 109: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.27 henning 112: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
115: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.27 henning 119: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
120: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
122: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
123: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
124: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.27 henning 128: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.27 henning 140: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
143: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 144: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.27 henning 147: <li><a name="poll"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.27 henning 153: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.27 henning 159: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
162: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
163: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 164: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 165: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
166: <p>
1.27 henning 167: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
168: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
170: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
171: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
172: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 173: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 174: vulnerable.<br>
175: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
176: <p>
177: To check what package you are using, use
178: <pre>
179: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
180: </pre>
181: The patched library says:<br>
182: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
183: <p>
184: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
185: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
186: <pre>
187: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
188: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
189: </pre>
190: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
191: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
192: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
193: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
194: <p>
1.27 henning 195: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
196: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 197: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
198: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 199: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
201: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 202: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 203: the include file</a> to your system.
204: <p>
1.27 henning 205: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
206: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 207: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
208: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
209: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 210: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 211: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
212: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
213: <p>
1.27 henning 214: <li><a name="m4"></a>
215: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 217: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
219: <p>
1.27 henning 220: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
221: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 222: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
225: <p>
1.27 henning 226: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
227: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 229: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
231: <p>
232: </ul>
233: <p>
1.27 henning 234: <a name="i386"></a>
235: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 236: <ul>
237: <li>No problems identified yet.
238: </ul>
239: <p>
1.27 henning 240: <a name="mac68k"></a>
241: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 242: <ul>
1.27 henning 243: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
244: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
245: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 246: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <p>
250: </ul>
251: <p>
1.27 henning 252: <a name="sparc"></a>
253: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 254: <ul>
1.27 henning 255: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 257: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
1.27 henning 261: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 264: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
266: <p>
267: </ul>
268: <p>
1.27 henning 269: <a name="amiga"></a>
270: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 271: <ul>
1.27 henning 272: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
273: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 274: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 275: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
277: <p>
278: </ul>
279: <p>
1.27 henning 280: <a name="pmax"></a>
281: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 282: <ul>
283: <li>No problems identified yet.
284: </ul>
285: <p>
1.27 henning 286: <a name="arc"></a>
287: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 288: <ul>
289: <li>No problems identified yet.
290: </ul>
291: <p>
1.27 henning 292: <a name="alpha"></a>
293: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 294: <ul>
1.27 henning 295: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
296: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 298: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 299: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
300: <p>
301: </ul>
302: <p>
1.27 henning 303: <a name="hp300"></a>
304: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 305: <ul>
1.27 henning 306: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
307: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 308: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 309: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 310: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
311: <p>
312: </ul>
313: <p>
1.27 henning 314: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
315: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 316: <ul>
1.27 henning 317: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
318: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 319: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 320: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
322: <p>
323: </ul>
324: <p>
1.27 henning 325: <a name="powerpc"></a>
326: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 327: <ul>
328: <li>No problems identified yet.
329: </ul>
330: <br>
331:
332: <hr>
1.9 jason 333: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 334: <br>
1.22 deraadt 335: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 336: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
337: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
338: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
339: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
340: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
341: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
342: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
343: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
344: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
345: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 346: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 347: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 348: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 349: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 350: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.33 deraadt 351: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 352: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 353: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 354: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 355: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 ! deraadt 356: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
! 357: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>.
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