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