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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>,
1.43 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>,
1.47 miod 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 nick 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 ! sthen 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
! 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>.
1.21 deraadt 57: <br>
1.1 deraadt 58: <hr>
59:
1.45 sthen 60: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 61: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
62: This file is updated once a day.
63:
1.10 ericj 64: <p>
1.23 deraadt 65: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 66: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
67:
1.1 deraadt 68: <hr>
1.27 henning 69: <a name="all"></a>
70: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 71: <ul>
1.27 henning 72: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
73: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 74: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
75: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 76: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
77: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
78: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 79: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 80: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.27 henning 82: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 84: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 85: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 86: bypassed.
87: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 88: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 89: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 90: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
91: to version 3.3.16.
92: <p>
1.27 henning 93: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 95: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
96: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
97: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
98: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 99: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 100: crypt(3)</a>)
101: the impact is much reduced.<br>
102: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
103: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 104: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 106: <p>
1.27 henning 107: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
110: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
111: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
112: it</em>.
113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
117: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.27 henning 121: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
124: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 125: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.27 henning 128: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
131: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
132: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
133: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 134: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.27 henning 137: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
138: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 140: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.27 henning 143: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.27 henning 149: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
152: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 153: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.27 henning 156: <li><a name="poll"></a>
157: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 158: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 159: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
1.27 henning 162: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 165: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.27 henning 168: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
169: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 170: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
171: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
172: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 173: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
175: <p>
1.27 henning 176: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
177: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
179: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
180: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
181: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 182: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 183: vulnerable.<br>
184: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
185: <p>
186: To check what package you are using, use
187: <pre>
188: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
189: </pre>
190: The patched library says:<br>
191: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
192: <p>
193: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
194: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
195: <pre>
196: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
197: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
198: </pre>
199: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
200: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
201: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
202: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
203: <p>
1.27 henning 204: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
205: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
207: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 208: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
210: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 211: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 212: the include file</a> to your system.
213: <p>
1.27 henning 214: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
215: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
217: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
218: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 219: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
221: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
222: <p>
1.27 henning 223: <li><a name="m4"></a>
224: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 226: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
228: <p>
1.27 henning 229: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
230: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 231: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 232: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
234: <p>
1.27 henning 235: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
236: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 238: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
240: <p>
241: </ul>
242: <p>
1.27 henning 243: <a name="i386"></a>
244: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 245: <ul>
246: <li>No problems identified yet.
247: </ul>
248: <p>
1.27 henning 249: <a name="mac68k"></a>
250: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 251: <ul>
1.27 henning 252: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
253: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 256: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
259: </ul>
260: <p>
1.27 henning 261: <a name="sparc"></a>
262: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 263: <ul>
1.27 henning 264: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
265: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 267: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 268: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
269: <p>
1.27 henning 270: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
271: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 272: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 273: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 274: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
275: <p>
276: </ul>
277: <p>
1.27 henning 278: <a name="amiga"></a>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 280: <ul>
1.27 henning 281: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
282: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 283: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 284: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: <p>
287: </ul>
288: <p>
1.27 henning 289: <a name="pmax"></a>
290: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 291: <ul>
292: <li>No problems identified yet.
293: </ul>
294: <p>
1.27 henning 295: <a name="arc"></a>
296: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 297: <ul>
298: <li>No problems identified yet.
299: </ul>
300: <p>
1.27 henning 301: <a name="alpha"></a>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 303: <ul>
1.27 henning 304: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
305: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 307: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 308: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
309: <p>
310: </ul>
311: <p>
1.27 henning 312: <a name="hp300"></a>
313: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 314: <ul>
1.27 henning 315: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
316: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 318: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
320: <p>
321: </ul>
322: <p>
1.27 henning 323: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
324: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 325: <ul>
1.27 henning 326: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
327: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 328: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 329: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
331: <p>
332: </ul>
333: <p>
1.27 henning 334: <a name="powerpc"></a>
335: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 336: <ul>
337: <li>No problems identified yet.
338: </ul>
339: <br>
340:
341: <hr>
1.9 jason 342: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 343: <br>
1.22 deraadt 344: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 345: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
346: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
347: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
348: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
349: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
350: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
351: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
352: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
353: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
354: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 355: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 356: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 357: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 358: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 359: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 360: <br>
1.33 deraadt 361: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 362: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 363: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 364: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 365: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 366: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 367: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 368: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 369: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 370: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 371: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 372: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 nick 373: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 ! sthen 374: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
! 375: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>.
1.21 deraadt 376: <br>
377:
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379: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.24 naddy 380: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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