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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>,
1.52 deraadt 58: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.53 ! deraadt 59: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
! 60: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.21 deraadt 61: <br>
1.1 deraadt 62: <hr>
63:
1.45 sthen 64: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 65: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
66: This file is updated once a day.
67:
1.10 ericj 68: <p>
1.23 deraadt 69: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 70: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
71:
1.1 deraadt 72: <hr>
1.27 henning 73: <a name="all"></a>
74: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 75: <ul>
1.27 henning 76: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 78: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
79: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 80: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
81: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
82: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 83: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 84: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
85: <p>
1.27 henning 86: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 88: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 89: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 90: bypassed.
91: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 92: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 93: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 94: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
95: to version 3.3.16.
96: <p>
1.27 henning 97: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 99: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
100: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
101: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
102: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 103: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 104: crypt(3)</a>)
105: the impact is much reduced.<br>
106: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
107: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 110: <p>
1.27 henning 111: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
114: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
115: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
116: it</em>.
117: <p>
1.27 henning 118: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
119: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
121: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 122: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
1.27 henning 125: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
126: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
128: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 129: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.27 henning 132: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
135: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
136: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
137: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 138: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.27 henning 141: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.27 henning 147: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 150: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.27 henning 153: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
156: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 157: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
159: <p>
1.27 henning 160: <li><a name="poll"></a>
161: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 162: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 163: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 164: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <p>
1.27 henning 166: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
167: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 169: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 170: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
171: <p>
1.27 henning 172: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
175: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
176: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 177: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
179: <p>
1.27 henning 180: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
181: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 182: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
183: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
184: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
185: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 186: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 187: vulnerable.<br>
188: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
189: <p>
190: To check what package you are using, use
191: <pre>
192: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
193: </pre>
194: The patched library says:<br>
195: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
196: <p>
197: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
198: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
199: <pre>
200: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
201: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
202: </pre>
203: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
204: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
205: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
206: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
207: <p>
1.27 henning 208: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
211: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 212: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
214: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 215: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 216: the include file</a> to your system.
217: <p>
1.27 henning 218: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
219: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
221: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
222: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 223: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
225: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
226: <p>
1.27 henning 227: <li><a name="m4"></a>
228: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 230: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 231: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
232: <p>
1.27 henning 233: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
234: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 235: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 236: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
238: <p>
1.27 henning 239: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 241: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 242: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 243: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
244: <p>
245: </ul>
246: <p>
1.27 henning 247: <a name="i386"></a>
248: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 249: <ul>
250: <li>No problems identified yet.
251: </ul>
252: <p>
1.27 henning 253: <a name="mac68k"></a>
254: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 255: <ul>
1.27 henning 256: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
257: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
258: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 259: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 260: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
263: </ul>
264: <p>
1.27 henning 265: <a name="sparc"></a>
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 267: <ul>
1.27 henning 268: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
269: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 270: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 271: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 272: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
273: <p>
1.27 henning 274: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
275: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 276: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 277: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
279: <p>
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="amiga"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
1.27 henning 285: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
286: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 288: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: <p>
291: </ul>
292: <p>
1.27 henning 293: <a name="pmax"></a>
294: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 295: <ul>
296: <li>No problems identified yet.
297: </ul>
298: <p>
1.27 henning 299: <a name="arc"></a>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 301: <ul>
302: <li>No problems identified yet.
303: </ul>
304: <p>
1.27 henning 305: <a name="alpha"></a>
306: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 307: <ul>
1.27 henning 308: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
309: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 310: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 311: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 312: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
313: <p>
314: </ul>
315: <p>
1.27 henning 316: <a name="hp300"></a>
317: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 318: <ul>
1.27 henning 319: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
320: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 322: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 323: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
324: <p>
325: </ul>
326: <p>
1.27 henning 327: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
328: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 329: <ul>
1.27 henning 330: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
331: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 332: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 333: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 334: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
335: <p>
336: </ul>
337: <p>
1.27 henning 338: <a name="powerpc"></a>
339: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 340: <ul>
341: <li>No problems identified yet.
342: </ul>
343: <br>
344:
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