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1.65 deraadt 65: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
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1.1 deraadt 68: <hr>
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1.45 sthen 70: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 71: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
72: This file is updated once a day.
1.56 deraadt 73: <p>
1.1 deraadt 74:
1.56 deraadt 75: The patches below are available in CVS via the
76: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 77: <p>
1.56 deraadt 78:
1.23 deraadt 79: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 deraadt 80: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
81: <p>
1.10 ericj 82:
1.1 deraadt 83: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 84:
1.12 jufi 85: <ul>
1.63 bentley 86: <li id="semconfig">
1.59 deraadt 87: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
88: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 89: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
90: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 91: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
92: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
93: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 94: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 96: <p>
1.63 bentley 97: <li id="ipf">
1.59 deraadt 98: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
99: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 100: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 101: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 102: bypassed.
103: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 104: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 105: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 108: <p>
1.63 bentley 109: <li id="xlockmore">
1.59 deraadt 110: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
111: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 112: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
113: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
114: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
115: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 116: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 117: crypt(3)</a>)
118: the impact is much reduced.<br>
119: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
120: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
123: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 124: <p>
1.63 bentley 125: <li id="rzsz">
1.59 deraadt 126: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font>
127: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
129: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
130: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
131: it</em>.
132: <p>
1.63 bentley 133: <li id="syslog">
1.59 deraadt 134: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font>
135: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
137: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 138: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 140: <p>
1.63 bentley 141: <li id="nsphy">
1.59 deraadt 142: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
143: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
145: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 148: <p>
1.63 bentley 149: <li id="procfs">
1.59 deraadt 150: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
151: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
153: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
154: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
155: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 156: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 158: <p>
1.63 bentley 159: <li id="fortran">
1.59 deraadt 160: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font>
161: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 162: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
163: release.<br>
164: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
168: the include file</a> to your system.
169: <p>
1.63 bentley 170: <li id="sslUSA">
1.59 deraadt 171: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font>
172: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 173: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
174: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
175: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
176: are enabled or used.<br>
177: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
178: vulnerable.<br>
179: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
180: <p>
181: To check what package you are using, use
182: <pre>
183: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
184: </pre>
185: The patched library says:<br>
186: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
187: <p>
188: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
189: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
190: <pre>
191: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
192: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
193: </pre>
194: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
195: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 196: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.58 deraadt 197: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
198: <p>
1.63 bentley 199: <li id="aty2k">
1.59 deraadt 200: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font>
201: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 203: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 205: <p>
1.63 bentley 206: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.58 deraadt 207: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
208: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
209: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
211: This is the second revision of the patch.
212: <p>
1.63 bentley 213: <li id="addusery2k">
1.59 deraadt 214: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
215: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 217: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 219: <p>
1.63 bentley 220: <li id="3c900b">
1.59 deraadt 221: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
222: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 223: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
224: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 225: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 227: <p>
1.63 bentley 228: <li id="poll">
1.59 deraadt 229: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
230: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 231: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 232: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 234: <p>
1.63 bentley 235: <li id="sendmail">
1.59 deraadt 236: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
237: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 238: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 239: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 241: <p>
1.63 bentley 242: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.59 deraadt 243: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
244: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 245: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
246: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
247: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 248: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 249: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
250: <p>
1.63 bentley 251: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.59 deraadt 252: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
253: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 254: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
255: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
256: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 257: <p>
1.63 bentley 258: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.59 deraadt 259: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font>
260: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 261: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
262: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 264: <p>
1.63 bentley 265: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.59 deraadt 266: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font>
267: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
269: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
270: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 271: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 272: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
273: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
274: <p>
1.63 bentley 275: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.59 deraadt 276: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
277: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 278: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
279: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
1.63 bentley 282: <li id="m4">
1.59 deraadt 283: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font>
284: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 286: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
288: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 289: <p>
1.63 bentley 290: <li id="ifmedia">
1.59 deraadt 291: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font>
292: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 294: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
296: <p>
1.63 bentley 297: <li id="newsyslog">
1.59 deraadt 298: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font>
299: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 301: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
303: <p>
304: </ul>
305: <p>
306:
1.64 tedu 307: <hr>
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