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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>,
1.40 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>,
1.42 ! deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.41 djm 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>.
1.21 deraadt 51: <br>
1.1 deraadt 52: <hr>
53:
1.24 naddy 54: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 55: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
56: This file is updated once a day.
57:
1.10 ericj 58: <p>
1.23 deraadt 59: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 60: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
61:
1.1 deraadt 62: <hr>
1.27 henning 63: <a name="all"></a>
64: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 65: <ul>
1.27 henning 66: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
67: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 68: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
69: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 70: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
71: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
72: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 73: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 74: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
75: <p>
1.27 henning 76: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 78: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 79: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 80: bypassed.
81: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 82: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 83: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 84: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
85: to version 3.3.16.
86: <p>
1.27 henning 87: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
88: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 89: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
90: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
91: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
92: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 93: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 94: crypt(3)</a>)
95: the impact is much reduced.<br>
96: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
97: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 99: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 100: <p>
1.27 henning 101: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 103: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
104: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
105: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
106: it</em>.
107: <p>
1.27 henning 108: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
111: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.27 henning 115: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
118: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.27 henning 122: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
125: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
126: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
127: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 128: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
130: <p>
1.27 henning 131: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
132: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.27 henning 137: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
138: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 140: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.27 henning 143: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
146: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 147: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
1.27 henning 150: <li><a name="poll"></a>
151: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 153: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.27 henning 156: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
157: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 158: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
1.27 henning 162: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
165: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
166: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
169: <p>
1.27 henning 170: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
173: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
174: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
175: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 176: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 177: vulnerable.<br>
178: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
179: <p>
180: To check what package you are using, use
181: <pre>
182: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
183: </pre>
184: The patched library says:<br>
185: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
186: <p>
187: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
188: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
189: <pre>
190: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
191: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
192: </pre>
193: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
194: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
195: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
196: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
197: <p>
1.27 henning 198: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
199: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
201: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 202: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
204: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 205: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 206: the include file</a> to your system.
207: <p>
1.27 henning 208: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
211: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
212: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 213: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 214: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
215: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
216: <p>
1.27 henning 217: <li><a name="m4"></a>
218: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 220: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
222: <p>
1.27 henning 223: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
224: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 226: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
228: <p>
1.27 henning 229: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
230: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 231: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 232: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
234: <p>
235: </ul>
236: <p>
1.27 henning 237: <a name="i386"></a>
238: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 239: <ul>
240: <li>No problems identified yet.
241: </ul>
242: <p>
1.27 henning 243: <a name="mac68k"></a>
244: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 245: <ul>
1.27 henning 246: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
247: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
248: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 249: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 251: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
252: <p>
253: </ul>
254: <p>
1.27 henning 255: <a name="sparc"></a>
256: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 257: <ul>
1.27 henning 258: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
259: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 260: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 261: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 262: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
263: <p>
1.27 henning 264: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
265: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 267: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 268: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
269: <p>
270: </ul>
271: <p>
1.27 henning 272: <a name="amiga"></a>
273: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 274: <ul>
1.27 henning 275: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
276: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 277: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 278: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 279: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
280: <p>
281: </ul>
282: <p>
1.27 henning 283: <a name="pmax"></a>
284: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 285: <ul>
286: <li>No problems identified yet.
287: </ul>
288: <p>
1.27 henning 289: <a name="arc"></a>
290: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 291: <ul>
292: <li>No problems identified yet.
293: </ul>
294: <p>
1.27 henning 295: <a name="alpha"></a>
296: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 297: <ul>
1.27 henning 298: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
299: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 301: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
303: <p>
304: </ul>
305: <p>
1.27 henning 306: <a name="hp300"></a>
307: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 308: <ul>
1.27 henning 309: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
310: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 312: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
315: </ul>
316: <p>
1.27 henning 317: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
318: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 319: <ul>
1.27 henning 320: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
321: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 322: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 323: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 324: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
325: <p>
326: </ul>
327: <p>
1.27 henning 328: <a name="powerpc"></a>
329: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 330: <ul>
331: <li>No problems identified yet.
332: </ul>
333: <br>
334:
335: <hr>
1.9 jason 336: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 337: <br>
1.22 deraadt 338: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 339: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
340: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
341: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
342: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
343: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
344: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
345: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
346: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
347: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
348: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 349: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 350: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 351: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 352: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 353: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 354: <br>
1.33 deraadt 355: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 356: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 357: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 358: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 359: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 360: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 361: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 ! deraadt 362: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.41 djm 363: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>.
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