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1.9 jason 23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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1.22 deraadt 25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
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1.32 deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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1.40 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
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1.48 nick 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 sthen 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.50 deraadt 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.51 deraadt 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.52 deraadt 58: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
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1.53 deraadt 60: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
1.61 jsg 61: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
1.65 deraadt 62: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
63: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>.
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1.45 sthen 67: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 68: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
69: This file is updated once a day.
1.56 deraadt 70: <p>
1.1 deraadt 71:
1.56 deraadt 72: The patches below are available in CVS via the
73: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 74: <p>
1.56 deraadt 75:
1.23 deraadt 76: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 deraadt 77: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
78: <p>
1.10 ericj 79:
1.1 deraadt 80: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 81:
1.12 jufi 82: <ul>
1.63 bentley 83: <li id="semconfig">
1.59 deraadt 84: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
85: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 86: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
87: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 88: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
89: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
90: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 91: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 93: <p>
1.63 bentley 94: <li id="ipf">
1.59 deraadt 95: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
96: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 97: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 98: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 99: bypassed.
100: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 101: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 102: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 105: <p>
1.63 bentley 106: <li id="xlockmore">
1.59 deraadt 107: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
108: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 109: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
110: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
111: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
112: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 113: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 114: crypt(3)</a>)
115: the impact is much reduced.<br>
116: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
117: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 121: <p>
1.63 bentley 122: <li id="rzsz">
1.59 deraadt 123: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font>
124: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
126: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
127: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
128: it</em>.
129: <p>
1.63 bentley 130: <li id="syslog">
1.59 deraadt 131: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font>
132: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
134: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 135: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 137: <p>
1.63 bentley 138: <li id="nsphy">
1.59 deraadt 139: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
140: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
142: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 143: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 145: <p>
1.63 bentley 146: <li id="procfs">
1.59 deraadt 147: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
148: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
150: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
151: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
152: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 153: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 155: <p>
1.63 bentley 156: <li id="fortran">
1.59 deraadt 157: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font>
158: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 159: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
160: release.<br>
161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
164: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
165: the include file</a> to your system.
166: <p>
1.63 bentley 167: <li id="sslUSA">
1.59 deraadt 168: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font>
169: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 170: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
171: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
172: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
173: are enabled or used.<br>
174: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
175: vulnerable.<br>
176: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
177: <p>
178: To check what package you are using, use
179: <pre>
180: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
181: </pre>
182: The patched library says:<br>
183: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
184: <p>
185: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
186: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
187: <pre>
188: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
189: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
190: </pre>
191: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
192: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 193: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.58 deraadt 194: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
195: <p>
1.63 bentley 196: <li id="aty2k">
1.59 deraadt 197: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font>
198: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 200: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 202: <p>
1.63 bentley 203: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.58 deraadt 204: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
205: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
206: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
208: This is the second revision of the patch.
209: <p>
1.63 bentley 210: <li id="addusery2k">
1.59 deraadt 211: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
212: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 213: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 214: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 216: <p>
1.63 bentley 217: <li id="3c900b">
1.59 deraadt 218: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
219: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
221: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 222: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 224: <p>
1.63 bentley 225: <li id="poll">
1.59 deraadt 226: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
227: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 229: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 231: <p>
1.63 bentley 232: <li id="sendmail">
1.59 deraadt 233: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
234: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 235: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 236: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 238: <p>
1.63 bentley 239: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.59 deraadt 240: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
241: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 242: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
243: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
244: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 245: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 246: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
247: <p>
1.63 bentley 248: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.59 deraadt 249: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
250: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 251: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
252: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
1.63 bentley 255: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.59 deraadt 256: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font>
257: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 258: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
259: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 261: <p>
1.63 bentley 262: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.59 deraadt 263: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font>
264: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
266: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
267: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 268: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
270: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
271: <p>
1.63 bentley 272: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.59 deraadt 273: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
274: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 275: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
276: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
278: <p>
1.63 bentley 279: <li id="m4">
1.59 deraadt 280: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font>
281: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 283: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
285: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 286: <p>
1.63 bentley 287: <li id="ifmedia">
1.59 deraadt 288: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font>
289: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 291: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
293: <p>
1.63 bentley 294: <li id="newsyslog">
1.59 deraadt 295: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font>
296: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 298: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 299: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
300: <p>
301: </ul>
302: <p>
303:
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