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1.1 deraadt 16: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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1.9 jason 21: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 22: <br>
1.22 deraadt 23: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 24: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
25: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
26: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
27: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
30: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
31: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
32: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
33: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 34: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 35: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 36: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 37: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 38: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.55 deraadt 39: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.40 deraadt 40: <br>
1.34 deraadt 41: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 42: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 43: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 44: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 45: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 46: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 47: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 48: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 49: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 50: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 51: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 nick 52: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 sthen 53: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.50 deraadt 54: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.51 deraadt 55: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.52 deraadt 56: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.55 deraadt 57: <br>
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.
1.56 ! deraadt 66: <p>
1.1 deraadt 67:
1.56 ! deraadt 68: The patches below are available in CVS via the
! 69: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 70: <p>
1.56 ! deraadt 71:
1.23 deraadt 72: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 ! deraadt 73: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
! 74: <p>
1.10 ericj 75:
1.1 deraadt 76: <hr>
1.56 ! deraadt 77:
1.27 henning 78: <a name="all"></a>
79: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 80: <ul>
1.27 henning 81: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 83: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
84: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 85: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
86: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
87: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 88: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 90: <p>
1.27 henning 91: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
92: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 93: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 94: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 95: bypassed.
96: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 97: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 98: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 100: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 101: <p>
1.27 henning 102: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 104: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
105: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
106: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
107: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 108: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 109: crypt(3)</a>)
110: the impact is much reduced.<br>
111: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
112: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 113: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 115: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
120: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
121: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
122: it</em>.
123: <p>
1.27 henning 124: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
125: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
127: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 128: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 130: <p>
1.27 henning 131: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
132: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
134: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 135: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 137: <p>
1.27 henning 138: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
141: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
142: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
143: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 146: <p>
1.27 henning 147: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 150: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 152: <p>
1.27 henning 153: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 156: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 158: <p>
1.27 henning 159: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
162: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 163: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 165: <p>
1.27 henning 166: <li><a name="poll"></a>
167: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 169: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 171: <p>
1.27 henning 172: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 175: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 177: <p>
1.27 henning 178: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
181: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
182: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 183: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 184: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
185: <p>
1.27 henning 186: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
187: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
189: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
190: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
191: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 192: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 193: vulnerable.<br>
194: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
195: <p>
196: To check what package you are using, use
197: <pre>
198: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
199: </pre>
200: The patched library says:<br>
201: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
202: <p>
203: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
204: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
205: <pre>
206: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
207: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
208: </pre>
209: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
210: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
211: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
212: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
213: <p>
1.27 henning 214: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
215: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
217: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 218: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 220: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 221: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 222: the include file</a> to your system.
223: <p>
1.27 henning 224: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
225: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
227: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
228: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 229: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
231: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
232: <p>
1.27 henning 233: <li><a name="m4"></a>
234: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 235: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 236: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 238: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
1.27 henning 240: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
241: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 242: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 243: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
245: <p>
1.27 henning 246: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
247: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 248: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 249: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
252: </ul>
253: <p>
1.27 henning 254: <a name="mac68k"></a>
255: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 256: <ul>
1.27 henning 257: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
258: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
259: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 260: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 261: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
263: <p>
264: </ul>
265: <p>
1.27 henning 266: <a name="sparc"></a>
267: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 268: <ul>
1.27 henning 269: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 272: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.56 ! deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 274: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 275: <p>
1.27 henning 276: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
277: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 278: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 279: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="amiga"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
1.27 henning 287: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
288: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 290: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
292: <p>
293: </ul>
294: <p>
1.27 henning 295: <a name="alpha"></a>
296: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 297: <ul>
1.27 henning 298: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
299: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 301: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
303: <p>
304: </ul>
305: <p>
1.27 henning 306: <a name="hp300"></a>
307: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 308: <ul>
1.27 henning 309: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
310: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 312: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
315: </ul>
316: <p>
1.27 henning 317: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
318: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 319: <ul>
1.27 henning 320: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
321: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 322: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 323: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 324: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
325: <p>
326: </ul>
327: <p>
1.54 deraadt 328:
1.1 deraadt 329: </ul>
330:
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