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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>,
1.44 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
1.21 deraadt 53: <br>
1.1 deraadt 54: <hr>
55:
1.45 ! sthen 56: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 57: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
58: This file is updated once a day.
59:
1.10 ericj 60: <p>
1.23 deraadt 61: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 62: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
63:
1.1 deraadt 64: <hr>
1.27 henning 65: <a name="all"></a>
66: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 67: <ul>
1.27 henning 68: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
69: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 70: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
71: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 72: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
73: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
74: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 75: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 76: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
77: <p>
1.27 henning 78: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
79: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 80: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 81: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 82: bypassed.
83: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 84: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 85: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 86: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
87: to version 3.3.16.
88: <p>
1.27 henning 89: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 91: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
92: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
93: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
94: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 95: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 96: crypt(3)</a>)
97: the impact is much reduced.<br>
98: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
99: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 ! sthen 100: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 102: <p>
1.27 henning 103: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
106: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
107: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
108: it</em>.
109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
113: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 ! sthen 114: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
120: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <p>
1.27 henning 124: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
125: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
127: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
128: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
129: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 130: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.27 henning 133: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
134: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 136: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.27 henning 139: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 142: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.27 henning 145: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
146: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
148: sends packets).<br>
1.45 ! sthen 149: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.27 henning 152: <li><a name="poll"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 155: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.27 henning 158: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.27 henning 164: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
165: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
167: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
168: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 ! sthen 169: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 170: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
171: <p>
1.27 henning 172: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
175: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
176: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
177: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 178: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 179: vulnerable.<br>
180: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
181: <p>
182: To check what package you are using, use
183: <pre>
184: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
185: </pre>
186: The patched library says:<br>
187: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
188: <p>
189: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
190: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
191: <pre>
192: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
193: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
194: </pre>
195: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
196: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
197: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
198: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
199: <p>
1.27 henning 200: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
201: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
203: release.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 204: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 205: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
206: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 ! sthen 207: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 208: the include file</a> to your system.
209: <p>
1.27 henning 210: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
211: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 212: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
213: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
214: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 ! sthen 215: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 216: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
217: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
218: <p>
1.27 henning 219: <li><a name="m4"></a>
220: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 222: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
224: <p>
1.27 henning 225: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
226: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 228: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
230: <p>
1.27 henning 231: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
232: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 234: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 235: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
236: <p>
237: </ul>
238: <p>
1.27 henning 239: <a name="i386"></a>
240: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 241: <ul>
242: <li>No problems identified yet.
243: </ul>
244: <p>
1.27 henning 245: <a name="mac68k"></a>
246: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 247: <ul>
1.27 henning 248: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
249: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
250: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 251: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 252: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
255: </ul>
256: <p>
1.27 henning 257: <a name="sparc"></a>
258: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 259: <ul>
1.27 henning 260: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
261: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 262: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 263: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 264: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
265: <p>
1.27 henning 266: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
267: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 269: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 270: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
271: <p>
272: </ul>
273: <p>
1.27 henning 274: <a name="amiga"></a>
275: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 276: <ul>
1.27 henning 277: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
278: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 279: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 280: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
282: <p>
283: </ul>
284: <p>
1.27 henning 285: <a name="pmax"></a>
286: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 287: <ul>
288: <li>No problems identified yet.
289: </ul>
290: <p>
1.27 henning 291: <a name="arc"></a>
292: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 293: <ul>
294: <li>No problems identified yet.
295: </ul>
296: <p>
1.27 henning 297: <a name="alpha"></a>
298: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 299: <ul>
1.27 henning 300: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
301: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 302: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 303: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
306: </ul>
307: <p>
1.27 henning 308: <a name="hp300"></a>
309: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 310: <ul>
1.27 henning 311: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
312: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 313: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 314: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 315: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
316: <p>
317: </ul>
318: <p>
1.27 henning 319: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
320: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 321: <ul>
1.27 henning 322: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
323: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 324: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 ! sthen 325: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
327: <p>
328: </ul>
329: <p>
1.27 henning 330: <a name="powerpc"></a>
331: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 332: <ul>
333: <li>No problems identified yet.
334: </ul>
335: <br>
336:
337: <hr>
1.9 jason 338: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 339: <br>
1.22 deraadt 340: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 341: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
342: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
343: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
344: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
345: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
346: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
347: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
348: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
349: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
350: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 351: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 352: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 353: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 354: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 355: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 356: <br>
1.33 deraadt 357: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 358: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 359: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 360: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 361: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 362: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 363: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 364: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 365: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 366: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
367: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
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