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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>,
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>,
1.50 deraadt 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.51 ! deraadt 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
! 58: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>.
1.21 deraadt 59: <br>
1.1 deraadt 60: <hr>
61:
1.45 sthen 62: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 63: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
64: This file is updated once a day.
65:
1.10 ericj 66: <p>
1.23 deraadt 67: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 68: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
69:
1.1 deraadt 70: <hr>
1.27 henning 71: <a name="all"></a>
72: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 73: <ul>
1.27 henning 74: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
75: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 76: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
77: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 78: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
79: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
80: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 81: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 82: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
83: <p>
1.27 henning 84: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
85: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 86: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 87: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 88: bypassed.
89: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 90: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 91: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 92: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
93: to version 3.3.16.
94: <p>
1.27 henning 95: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
96: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 97: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
98: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
99: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
100: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 101: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 102: crypt(3)</a>)
103: the impact is much reduced.<br>
104: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
105: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 106: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 108: <p>
1.27 henning 109: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
112: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
113: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
114: it</em>.
115: <p>
1.27 henning 116: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
119: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 120: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
126: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 127: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.27 henning 130: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
133: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
134: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
135: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 136: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.27 henning 139: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 142: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.27 henning 145: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
146: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 148: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
154: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 155: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.27 henning 158: <li><a name="poll"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.27 henning 164: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
165: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.27 henning 170: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
173: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
174: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 175: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
177: <p>
1.27 henning 178: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
181: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
182: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
183: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 184: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 185: vulnerable.<br>
186: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
187: <p>
188: To check what package you are using, use
189: <pre>
190: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
191: </pre>
192: The patched library says:<br>
193: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
194: <p>
195: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
196: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
197: <pre>
198: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
199: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
200: </pre>
201: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
202: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
203: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
204: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
205: <p>
1.27 henning 206: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
207: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 208: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
209: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 210: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
212: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 213: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 214: the include file</a> to your system.
215: <p>
1.27 henning 216: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
219: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
220: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 221: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
223: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
224: <p>
1.27 henning 225: <li><a name="m4"></a>
226: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 228: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 229: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
230: <p>
1.27 henning 231: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
232: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 234: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 235: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
236: <p>
1.27 henning 237: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
238: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 239: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 240: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
242: <p>
243: </ul>
244: <p>
1.27 henning 245: <a name="i386"></a>
246: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 247: <ul>
248: <li>No problems identified yet.
249: </ul>
250: <p>
1.27 henning 251: <a name="mac68k"></a>
252: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.27 henning 254: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
255: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 257: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 258: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
261: </ul>
262: <p>
1.27 henning 263: <a name="sparc"></a>
264: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 265: <ul>
1.27 henning 266: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
267: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 269: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 270: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
271: <p>
1.27 henning 272: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
273: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 274: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 275: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
277: <p>
278: </ul>
279: <p>
1.27 henning 280: <a name="amiga"></a>
281: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 282: <ul>
1.27 henning 283: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
284: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 286: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
288: <p>
289: </ul>
290: <p>
1.27 henning 291: <a name="pmax"></a>
292: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 293: <ul>
294: <li>No problems identified yet.
295: </ul>
296: <p>
1.27 henning 297: <a name="arc"></a>
298: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 299: <ul>
300: <li>No problems identified yet.
301: </ul>
302: <p>
1.27 henning 303: <a name="alpha"></a>
304: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 305: <ul>
1.27 henning 306: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
307: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 308: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 309: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 310: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
311: <p>
312: </ul>
313: <p>
1.27 henning 314: <a name="hp300"></a>
315: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 316: <ul>
1.27 henning 317: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
318: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 319: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 320: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
322: <p>
323: </ul>
324: <p>
1.27 henning 325: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
326: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 327: <ul>
1.27 henning 328: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
329: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 330: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 331: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 332: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
333: <p>
334: </ul>
335: <p>
1.27 henning 336: <a name="powerpc"></a>
337: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 338: <ul>
339: <li>No problems identified yet.
340: </ul>
341: <br>
342:
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