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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>,
1.42 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 ! deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
! 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>.
1.21 deraadt 52: <br>
1.1 deraadt 53: <hr>
54:
1.24 naddy 55: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 56: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
57: This file is updated once a day.
58:
1.10 ericj 59: <p>
1.23 deraadt 60: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 61: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
62:
1.1 deraadt 63: <hr>
1.27 henning 64: <a name="all"></a>
65: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 66: <ul>
1.27 henning 67: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
68: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 69: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
70: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 71: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
72: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
73: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.24 naddy 74: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 75: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
76: <p>
1.27 henning 77: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
78: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 79: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 80: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 81: bypassed.
82: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 83: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.24 naddy 84: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 85: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
86: to version 3.3.16.
87: <p>
1.27 henning 88: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 90: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
91: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
92: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
93: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 94: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 95: crypt(3)</a>)
96: the impact is much reduced.<br>
97: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
98: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.24 naddy 99: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 101: <p>
1.27 henning 102: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 104: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
105: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
106: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
107: it</em>.
108: <p>
1.27 henning 109: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
112: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.24 naddy 113: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 114: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
115: <p>
1.27 henning 116: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
119: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.24 naddy 120: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
126: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
127: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
128: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.24 naddy 129: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.27 henning 132: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.24 naddy 135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.27 henning 138: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.24 naddy 141: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.27 henning 144: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
145: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
147: sends packets).<br>
1.24 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="poll"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.24 naddy 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.27 henning 157: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.24 naddy 160: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 161: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
162: <p>
1.27 henning 163: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
164: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 165: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
166: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
167: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.24 naddy 168: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
170: <p>
1.27 henning 171: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
172: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
174: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
175: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
176: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 177: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 178: vulnerable.<br>
179: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
180: <p>
181: To check what package you are using, use
182: <pre>
183: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
184: </pre>
185: The patched library says:<br>
186: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
187: <p>
188: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
189: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
190: <pre>
191: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
192: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
193: </pre>
194: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
195: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
196: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
197: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
198: <p>
1.27 henning 199: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
200: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 201: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
202: release.<br>
1.24 naddy 203: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
205: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.24 naddy 206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 207: the include file</a> to your system.
208: <p>
1.27 henning 209: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
210: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 211: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
212: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
213: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.24 naddy 214: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 215: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
216: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
217: <p>
1.27 henning 218: <li><a name="m4"></a>
219: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.24 naddy 221: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
223: <p>
1.27 henning 224: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
225: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.24 naddy 227: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
229: <p>
1.27 henning 230: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
231: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 232: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.24 naddy 233: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 234: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
235: <p>
236: </ul>
237: <p>
1.27 henning 238: <a name="i386"></a>
239: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 240: <ul>
241: <li>No problems identified yet.
242: </ul>
243: <p>
1.27 henning 244: <a name="mac68k"></a>
245: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 246: <ul>
1.27 henning 247: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
248: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
249: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 250: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 251: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
253: <p>
254: </ul>
255: <p>
1.27 henning 256: <a name="sparc"></a>
257: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 258: <ul>
1.27 henning 259: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
260: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 261: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.24 naddy 262: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 263: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
264: <p>
1.27 henning 265: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
266: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 267: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 268: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
270: <p>
271: </ul>
272: <p>
1.27 henning 273: <a name="amiga"></a>
274: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 275: <ul>
1.27 henning 276: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
277: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 278: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 279: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="pmax"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
287: <li>No problems identified yet.
288: </ul>
289: <p>
1.27 henning 290: <a name="arc"></a>
291: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 292: <ul>
293: <li>No problems identified yet.
294: </ul>
295: <p>
1.27 henning 296: <a name="alpha"></a>
297: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 298: <ul>
1.27 henning 299: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
300: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 302: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 303: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
304: <p>
305: </ul>
306: <p>
1.27 henning 307: <a name="hp300"></a>
308: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 309: <ul>
1.27 henning 310: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
311: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 312: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 313: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 314: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
315: <p>
316: </ul>
317: <p>
1.27 henning 318: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
319: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 320: <ul>
1.27 henning 321: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
322: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 323: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.24 naddy 324: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 325: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
326: <p>
327: </ul>
328: <p>
1.27 henning 329: <a name="powerpc"></a>
330: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 331: <ul>
332: <li>No problems identified yet.
333: </ul>
334: <br>
335:
336: <hr>
1.9 jason 337: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 338: <br>
1.22 deraadt 339: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 340: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
341: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
342: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
343: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
344: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
345: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
346: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
347: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
348: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
349: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 350: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 351: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 352: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 353: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 354: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 355: <br>
1.33 deraadt 356: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 357: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 358: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 359: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 360: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 361: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 362: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 363: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 ! deraadt 364: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
! 365: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>.
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