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21: OpenBSD 2.6 errata
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1.9 jason 25: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 26: <br>
1.22 deraadt 27: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 28: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
29: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
30: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
31: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
32: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
33: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
34: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
35: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
36: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
37: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 38: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 39: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 40: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 41: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 42: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.55 deraadt 43: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
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1.34 deraadt 45: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 46: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 47: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 48: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 49: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 50: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 51: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 52: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 53: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 54: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 55: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 nick 56: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 sthen 57: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.50 deraadt 58: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.51 deraadt 59: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.52 deraadt 60: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.55 deraadt 61: <br>
1.53 deraadt 62: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
1.61 jsg 63: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
64: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>.
1.21 deraadt 65: <br>
1.1 deraadt 66: <hr>
67:
1.45 sthen 68: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 69: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
70: This file is updated once a day.
1.56 deraadt 71: <p>
1.1 deraadt 72:
1.56 deraadt 73: The patches below are available in CVS via the
74: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 75: <p>
1.56 deraadt 76:
1.23 deraadt 77: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 deraadt 78: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
79: <p>
1.10 ericj 80:
1.1 deraadt 81: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 82:
1.12 jufi 83: <ul>
1.63 bentley 84: <li id="semconfig">
1.59 deraadt 85: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
86: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 87: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
88: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 89: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
90: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
91: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 94: <p>
1.63 bentley 95: <li id="ipf">
1.59 deraadt 96: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
97: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 98: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 99: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 100: bypassed.
101: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 102: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 103: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 106: <p>
1.63 bentley 107: <li id="xlockmore">
1.59 deraadt 108: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
109: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 110: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
111: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
112: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
113: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 114: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 115: crypt(3)</a>)
116: the impact is much reduced.<br>
117: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
118: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 119: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 122: <p>
1.63 bentley 123: <li id="rzsz">
1.59 deraadt 124: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font>
125: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
127: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
128: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
129: it</em>.
130: <p>
1.63 bentley 131: <li id="syslog">
1.59 deraadt 132: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font>
133: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
135: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 136: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 138: <p>
1.63 bentley 139: <li id="nsphy">
1.59 deraadt 140: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
141: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
143: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 146: <p>
1.63 bentley 147: <li id="procfs">
1.59 deraadt 148: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
149: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
151: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
152: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
153: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 156: <p>
1.63 bentley 157: <li id="fortran">
1.59 deraadt 158: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font>
159: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 160: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
161: release.<br>
162: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
165: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
166: the include file</a> to your system.
167: <p>
1.63 bentley 168: <li id="sslUSA">
1.59 deraadt 169: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font>
170: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 171: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
172: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
173: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
174: are enabled or used.<br>
175: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
176: vulnerable.<br>
177: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
178: <p>
179: To check what package you are using, use
180: <pre>
181: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
182: </pre>
183: The patched library says:<br>
184: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
185: <p>
186: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
187: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
188: <pre>
189: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
190: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
191: </pre>
192: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
193: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 194: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.58 deraadt 195: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
196: <p>
1.63 bentley 197: <li id="aty2k">
1.59 deraadt 198: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font>
199: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 201: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
1.63 bentley 204: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.58 deraadt 205: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
206: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
207: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
209: This is the second revision of the patch.
210: <p>
1.63 bentley 211: <li id="addusery2k">
1.59 deraadt 212: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
213: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 215: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 217: <p>
1.63 bentley 218: <li id="3c900b">
1.59 deraadt 219: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
220: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
222: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 223: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 225: <p>
1.63 bentley 226: <li id="poll">
1.59 deraadt 227: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
228: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 230: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 232: <p>
1.63 bentley 233: <li id="sendmail">
1.59 deraadt 234: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
235: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 237: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 239: <p>
1.63 bentley 240: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.59 deraadt 241: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
242: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 243: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
244: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
245: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 246: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 247: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
248: <p>
1.63 bentley 249: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.59 deraadt 250: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
251: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 252: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
253: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
254: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 255: <p>
1.63 bentley 256: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.59 deraadt 257: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font>
258: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 259: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
260: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 262: <p>
1.63 bentley 263: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.59 deraadt 264: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font>
265: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
267: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
268: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 269: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 270: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
271: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
272: <p>
1.63 bentley 273: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.59 deraadt 274: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
275: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 276: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
277: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
279: <p>
1.63 bentley 280: <li id="m4">
1.59 deraadt 281: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font>
282: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 283: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 284: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 287: <p>
1.63 bentley 288: <li id="ifmedia">
1.59 deraadt 289: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font>
290: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 292: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
294: <p>
1.63 bentley 295: <li id="newsyslog">
1.59 deraadt 296: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font>
297: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 299: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
301: <p>
302: </ul>
303: <p>
304:
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