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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:
1.12 jufi 78: <ul>
1.27 henning 79: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 80: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 81: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
82: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 83: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
84: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
85: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 86: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 88: <p>
1.27 henning 89: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 90: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 91: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 92: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 93: bypassed.
94: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 95: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 96: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 99: <p>
1.27 henning 100: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 101: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 102: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
103: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
104: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
105: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 106: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 107: crypt(3)</a>)
108: the impact is much reduced.<br>
109: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
110: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 111: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 114: <p>
1.27 henning 115: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 116: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
118: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
119: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
120: it</em>.
121: <p>
1.27 henning 122: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 123: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
125: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 126: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 128: <p>
1.27 henning 129: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 130: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
132: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 137: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
139: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
140: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
141: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 142: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 144: <p>
1.27 henning 145: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 146: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 148: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 152: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 156: <p>
1.27 henning 157: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 158: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
160: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 163: <p>
1.27 henning 164: <li><a name="poll"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 165: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 169: <p>
1.27 henning 170: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 171: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 173: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 175: <p>
1.27 henning 176: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 177: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
179: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
180: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 181: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 182: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
183: <p>
1.27 henning 184: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 185: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
187: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
188: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
189: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 190: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 191: vulnerable.<br>
192: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
193: <p>
194: To check what package you are using, use
195: <pre>
196: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
197: </pre>
198: The patched library says:<br>
199: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
200: <p>
201: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
202: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
203: <pre>
204: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
205: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
206: </pre>
207: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
208: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
209: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
210: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
211: <p>
1.27 henning 212: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 213: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
215: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 216: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.56 deraadt 217: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 218: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 219: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 220: the include file</a> to your system.
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 223: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
225: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
226: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 227: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 228: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
229: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
230: <p>
1.27 henning 231: <li><a name="m4"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 232: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 234: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 235: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
236: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 237: <p>
1.27 henning 238: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 239: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 240: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 241: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
1.27 henning 244: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
1.57 ! deraadt 245: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 246: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 247: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <p>
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">
1.56 deraadt 271: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
272: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 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="alpha"></a>
294: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 295: <ul>
1.27 henning 296: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
297: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 299: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
301: <p>
302: </ul>
303: <p>
1.27 henning 304: <a name="hp300"></a>
305: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 306: <ul>
1.27 henning 307: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
308: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 309: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 310: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_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="mvme68k"></a>
316: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 317: <ul>
1.27 henning 318: <li><a name="mvme68k_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>
1.54 deraadt 326:
1.1 deraadt 327: </ul>
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