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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>,
1.40 ! deraadt 41: <br>
1.33 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 44: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 45: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 46: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 ! deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
! 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>.
1.21 deraadt 50: <br>
1.1 deraadt 51: <hr>
52:
1.24 naddy 53: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 54: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
55: This file is updated once a day.
56:
1.10 ericj 57: <p>
1.23 deraadt 58: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 59: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
60:
1.1 deraadt 61: <hr>
1.27 henning 62: <a name="all"></a>
63: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 64: <ul>
1.27 henning 65: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
66: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 67: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
68: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 69: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
70: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
71: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 73: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.27 henning 75: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 77: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 78: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 79: bypassed.
80: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 81: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 82: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 83: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
84: to version 3.3.16.
85: <p>
1.27 henning 86: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 88: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
89: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
90: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
91: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 92: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 93: crypt(3)</a>)
94: the impact is much reduced.<br>
95: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
96: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 99: <p>
1.27 henning 100: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
101: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 102: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
103: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
104: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
105: it</em>.
106: <p>
1.27 henning 107: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
110: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 111: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
117: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.27 henning 121: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
124: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
125: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
126: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.27 henning 130: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 133: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 139: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.27 henning 142: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
145: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.27 henning 149: <li><a name="poll"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 152: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.27 henning 155: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
156: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 158: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.27 henning 161: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
164: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
165: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
168: <p>
1.27 henning 169: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
170: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
172: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
173: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
174: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 175: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 176: vulnerable.<br>
177: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
178: <p>
179: To check what package you are using, use
180: <pre>
181: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
182: </pre>
183: The patched library says:<br>
184: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
185: <p>
186: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
187: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
188: <pre>
189: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
190: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
191: </pre>
192: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
193: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
194: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
195: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
196: <p>
1.27 henning 197: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
198: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
200: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
203: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 204: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 205: the include file</a> to your system.
206: <p>
1.27 henning 207: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
208: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 209: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
210: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
211: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 212: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 213: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
214: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
215: <p>
1.27 henning 216: <li><a name="m4"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
223: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 225: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
227: <p>
1.27 henning 228: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
229: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 231: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
233: <p>
234: </ul>
235: <p>
1.27 henning 236: <a name="i386"></a>
237: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 238: <ul>
239: <li>No problems identified yet.
240: </ul>
241: <p>
1.27 henning 242: <a name="mac68k"></a>
243: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 244: <ul>
1.27 henning 245: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
246: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
247: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 248: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 249: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
252: </ul>
253: <p>
1.27 henning 254: <a name="sparc"></a>
255: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 256: <ul>
1.27 henning 257: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
258: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 259: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 260: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.27 henning 263: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
264: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
269: </ul>
270: <p>
1.27 henning 271: <a name="amiga"></a>
272: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 273: <ul>
1.27 henning 274: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
275: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 276: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 277: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
279: <p>
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="pmax"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <li>No problems identified yet.
286: </ul>
287: <p>
1.27 henning 288: <a name="arc"></a>
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 290: <ul>
291: <li>No problems identified yet.
292: </ul>
293: <p>
1.27 henning 294: <a name="alpha"></a>
295: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 296: <ul>
1.27 henning 297: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
298: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 300: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: <p>
303: </ul>
304: <p>
1.27 henning 305: <a name="hp300"></a>
306: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 307: <ul>
1.27 henning 308: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
309: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 310: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 311: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 312: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
313: <p>
314: </ul>
315: <p>
1.27 henning 316: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
317: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 318: <ul>
1.27 henning 319: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
320: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 322: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 323: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
324: <p>
325: </ul>
326: <p>
1.27 henning 327: <a name="powerpc"></a>
328: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 329: <ul>
330: <li>No problems identified yet.
331: </ul>
332: <br>
333:
334: <hr>
1.9 jason 335: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 336: <br>
1.22 deraadt 337: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 338: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
339: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
340: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
341: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
342: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
343: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
344: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
345: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
346: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
347: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 348: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 349: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 350: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 351: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 352: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 ! deraadt 353: <br>
1.33 deraadt 354: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 355: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 356: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 357: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 358: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 359: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 ! deraadt 360: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
! 361: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>.
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