Annotation of www/errata26.html, Revision 1.46
1.24 naddy 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1.1 deraadt 2: <html>
3: <head>
4: <title>OpenBSD 2.6 errata</title>
1.24 naddy 5: <link rev=made href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">
1.1 deraadt 6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
7: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD CD errata page">
8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,cd,errata">
9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.15 jufi 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1997-2001 by OpenBSD.">
1.27 henning 11: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
1.1 deraadt 12: </head>
13:
1.28 david 14: <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#23238E">
1.1 deraadt 15:
1.19 jsyn 16: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
1.24 naddy 17: <h2><font color="#0000e0">
1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
19:
20: </font></h2>
21:
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>,
1.43 deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 ! deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
! 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>.
1.21 deraadt 54: <br>
1.1 deraadt 55: <hr>
56:
1.45 sthen 57: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 58: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
59: This file is updated once a day.
60:
1.10 ericj 61: <p>
1.23 deraadt 62: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 63: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
64:
1.1 deraadt 65: <hr>
1.27 henning 66: <a name="all"></a>
67: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 68: <ul>
1.27 henning 69: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 71: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
72: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 73: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
74: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
75: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 76: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 77: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
78: <p>
1.27 henning 79: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
80: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 81: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 82: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 83: bypassed.
84: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 85: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 86: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 87: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
88: to version 3.3.16.
89: <p>
1.27 henning 90: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 92: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
93: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
94: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
95: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 96: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 97: crypt(3)</a>)
98: the impact is much reduced.<br>
99: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
100: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 101: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 102: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 103: <p>
1.27 henning 104: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
105: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 106: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
107: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
108: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
109: it</em>.
110: <p>
1.27 henning 111: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
114: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 115: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.27 henning 118: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
119: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
121: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 122: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
1.27 henning 125: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
126: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
128: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
129: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
130: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 131: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 137: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.27 henning 140: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 143: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.27 henning 146: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
149: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 150: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.27 henning 153: <li><a name="poll"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 156: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.27 henning 159: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 162: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.27 henning 165: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
166: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
168: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
169: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
172: <p>
1.27 henning 173: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
174: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 175: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
176: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
177: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
178: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 179: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 180: vulnerable.<br>
181: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
182: <p>
183: To check what package you are using, use
184: <pre>
185: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
186: </pre>
187: The patched library says:<br>
188: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
189: <p>
190: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
191: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
192: <pre>
193: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
194: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
195: </pre>
196: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
197: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
198: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
199: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
200: <p>
1.27 henning 201: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
202: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
204: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 205: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
207: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 208: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 209: the include file</a> to your system.
210: <p>
1.27 henning 211: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
212: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 213: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
214: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
215: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 216: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 217: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
218: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
219: <p>
1.27 henning 220: <li><a name="m4"></a>
221: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 222: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 223: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
225: <p>
1.27 henning 226: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
227: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 229: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
231: <p>
1.27 henning 232: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
233: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 235: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 236: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
237: <p>
238: </ul>
239: <p>
1.27 henning 240: <a name="i386"></a>
241: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 242: <ul>
243: <li>No problems identified yet.
244: </ul>
245: <p>
1.27 henning 246: <a name="mac68k"></a>
247: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.27 henning 249: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
250: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
251: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 252: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 253: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 254: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
255: <p>
256: </ul>
257: <p>
1.27 henning 258: <a name="sparc"></a>
259: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 260: <ul>
1.27 henning 261: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 264: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 265: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
266: <p>
1.27 henning 267: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 270: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 271: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
272: <p>
273: </ul>
274: <p>
1.27 henning 275: <a name="amiga"></a>
276: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 277: <ul>
1.27 henning 278: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
279: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 280: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 281: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
283: <p>
284: </ul>
285: <p>
1.27 henning 286: <a name="pmax"></a>
287: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 288: <ul>
289: <li>No problems identified yet.
290: </ul>
291: <p>
1.27 henning 292: <a name="arc"></a>
293: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 294: <ul>
295: <li>No problems identified yet.
296: </ul>
297: <p>
1.27 henning 298: <a name="alpha"></a>
299: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 300: <ul>
1.27 henning 301: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
302: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 303: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 304: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 305: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
306: <p>
307: </ul>
308: <p>
1.27 henning 309: <a name="hp300"></a>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 311: <ul>
1.27 henning 312: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
313: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 315: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 316: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
317: <p>
318: </ul>
319: <p>
1.27 henning 320: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
321: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 322: <ul>
1.27 henning 323: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
324: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 325: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 326: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 327: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
328: <p>
329: </ul>
330: <p>
1.27 henning 331: <a name="powerpc"></a>
332: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 333: <ul>
334: <li>No problems identified yet.
335: </ul>
336: <br>
337:
338: <hr>
1.9 jason 339: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 340: <br>
1.22 deraadt 341: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 342: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
343: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
344: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
345: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
346: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
347: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
348: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
349: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
350: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
351: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 352: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 353: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 354: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 355: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 356: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 357: <br>
1.33 deraadt 358: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 359: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 360: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 361: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 362: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 363: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 364: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 365: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 366: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 367: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 ! deraadt 368: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
! 369: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>.
1.21 deraadt 370: <br>
371:
1.1 deraadt 372: <hr>
373: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.24 naddy 374: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.46 ! deraadt 375: <br><small>$OpenBSD: errata26.html,v 1.45 2010/07/08 19:00:07 sthen Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 376:
377: </body>
378: </html>