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1.1 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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1.9 jason 22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 23: <br>
1.22 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 25: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
26: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
27: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
28: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
29: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 36: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 37: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 38: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 39: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 40: <br>
1.33 deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 48: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 49: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 50: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 51: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 52: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 nick 53: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 sthen 54: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.50 deraadt 55: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.51 deraadt 56: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.52 deraadt 57: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.53 deraadt 58: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.21 deraadt 60: <br>
1.1 deraadt 61: <hr>
62:
1.45 sthen 63: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 64: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
65: This file is updated once a day.
66:
1.10 ericj 67: <p>
1.23 deraadt 68: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 69: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
70:
1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
1.27 henning 72: <a name="all"></a>
73: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 74: <ul>
1.27 henning 75: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 77: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
78: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 79: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
80: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
81: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 82: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 83: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
84: <p>
1.27 henning 85: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
86: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 87: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 88: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 89: bypassed.
90: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 91: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 93: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
94: to version 3.3.16.
95: <p>
1.27 henning 96: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 98: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
99: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
100: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
101: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 102: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 103: crypt(3)</a>)
104: the impact is much reduced.<br>
105: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
106: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 107: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
113: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
114: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
115: it</em>.
116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
120: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <p>
1.27 henning 124: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
125: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
127: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 128: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
130: <p>
1.27 henning 131: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
132: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
134: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
135: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
136: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 137: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.27 henning 140: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 143: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.27 henning 146: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 149: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.27 henning 152: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
155: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 156: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.27 henning 159: <li><a name="poll"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 162: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.27 henning 165: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
166: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 168: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 169: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <p>
1.27 henning 171: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
172: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
174: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
175: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 176: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
178: <p>
1.27 henning 179: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
180: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 181: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
182: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
183: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
184: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 185: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 186: vulnerable.<br>
187: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
188: <p>
189: To check what package you are using, use
190: <pre>
191: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
192: </pre>
193: The patched library says:<br>
194: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
195: <p>
196: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
197: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
198: <pre>
199: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
200: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
201: </pre>
202: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
203: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
204: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
205: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
206: <p>
1.27 henning 207: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
208: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 209: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
210: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 211: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
213: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 214: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 215: the include file</a> to your system.
216: <p>
1.27 henning 217: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
218: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
220: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
221: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 222: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
224: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
225: <p>
1.27 henning 226: <li><a name="m4"></a>
227: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 229: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
231: <p>
1.27 henning 232: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
233: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 235: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 236: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
237: <p>
1.27 henning 238: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
239: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 240: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 241: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
244: </ul>
245: <p>
1.27 henning 246: <a name="i386"></a>
247: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 248: <ul>
249: <li>No problems identified yet.
250: </ul>
251: <p>
1.27 henning 252: <a name="mac68k"></a>
253: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 254: <ul>
1.27 henning 255: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
256: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
257: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 258: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 259: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
261: <p>
262: </ul>
263: <p>
1.27 henning 264: <a name="sparc"></a>
265: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 266: <ul>
1.27 henning 267: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 270: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 271: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
272: <p>
1.27 henning 273: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
274: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 275: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 276: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
278: <p>
279: </ul>
280: <p>
1.27 henning 281: <a name="amiga"></a>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 283: <ul>
1.27 henning 284: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
285: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 287: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
289: <p>
290: </ul>
291: <p>
1.27 henning 292: <a name="pmax"></a>
293: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 294: <ul>
295: <li>No problems identified yet.
296: </ul>
297: <p>
1.27 henning 298: <a name="arc"></a>
299: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 300: <ul>
301: <li>No problems identified yet.
302: </ul>
303: <p>
1.27 henning 304: <a name="alpha"></a>
305: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 306: <ul>
1.27 henning 307: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
308: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 309: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 310: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
313: </ul>
314: <p>
1.27 henning 315: <a name="hp300"></a>
316: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 317: <ul>
1.27 henning 318: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
319: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 320: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 321: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
323: <p>
324: </ul>
325: <p>
1.27 henning 326: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
327: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 328: <ul>
1.27 henning 329: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
330: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 331: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 332: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 333: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
334: <p>
335: </ul>
336: <p>
1.27 henning 337: <a name="powerpc"></a>
338: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 339: <ul>
340: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.54 ! deraadt 341:
1.1 deraadt 342: </ul>
343:
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