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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>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
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34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
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1.26 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
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1.31 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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1.39 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</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>,
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1.53 deraadt 60: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
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1.65 deraadt 62: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
1.68 deraadt 63: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
1.69 deraadt 64: <a href="errata58.html">5.8</a>,
65: <a href="errata59.html">5.9</a>.
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68:
1.45 sthen 69: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 70: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
71: This file is updated once a day.
1.56 deraadt 72: <p>
1.1 deraadt 73:
1.56 deraadt 74: The patches below are available in CVS via the
75: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 76: <p>
1.56 deraadt 77:
1.23 deraadt 78: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 deraadt 79: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
80: <p>
1.10 ericj 81:
1.1 deraadt 82: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 83:
1.12 jufi 84: <ul>
1.63 bentley 85: <li id="semconfig">
1.59 deraadt 86: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
87: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 88: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
89: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 90: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
91: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
92: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 93: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 95: <p>
1.63 bentley 96: <li id="ipf">
1.59 deraadt 97: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
98: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 99: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 100: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 101: bypassed.
102: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 103: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 104: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 107: <p>
1.63 bentley 108: <li id="xlockmore">
1.59 deraadt 109: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
110: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 111: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
112: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
113: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
114: blowfish encoding
1.70 ! beck 115: (see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 116: crypt(3)</a>)
117: the impact is much reduced.<br>
118: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
119: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 120: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 123: <p>
1.63 bentley 124: <li id="rzsz">
1.59 deraadt 125: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font>
126: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
128: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
129: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
130: it</em>.
131: <p>
1.63 bentley 132: <li id="syslog">
1.59 deraadt 133: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font>
134: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
136: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 137: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 139: <p>
1.63 bentley 140: <li id="nsphy">
1.59 deraadt 141: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
142: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
144: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 145: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 147: <p>
1.63 bentley 148: <li id="procfs">
1.59 deraadt 149: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
150: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
152: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
153: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
154: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 155: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 157: <p>
1.63 bentley 158: <li id="fortran">
1.59 deraadt 159: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font>
160: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 161: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
162: release.<br>
163: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
166: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
167: the include file</a> to your system.
168: <p>
1.63 bentley 169: <li id="sslUSA">
1.59 deraadt 170: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font>
171: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 172: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
173: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
174: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
175: are enabled or used.<br>
176: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
177: vulnerable.<br>
178: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
179: <p>
180: To check what package you are using, use
181: <pre>
182: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
183: </pre>
184: The patched library says:<br>
185: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
186: <p>
187: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
188: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
189: <pre>
190: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
191: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
192: </pre>
193: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
194: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 195: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.58 deraadt 196: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
197: <p>
1.63 bentley 198: <li id="aty2k">
1.59 deraadt 199: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font>
200: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 201: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 202: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 204: <p>
1.63 bentley 205: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.58 deraadt 206: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
207: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
208: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
210: This is the second revision of the patch.
211: <p>
1.63 bentley 212: <li id="addusery2k">
1.59 deraadt 213: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
214: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 216: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 217: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 218: <p>
1.63 bentley 219: <li id="3c900b">
1.59 deraadt 220: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
221: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 222: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
223: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 224: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 226: <p>
1.63 bentley 227: <li id="poll">
1.59 deraadt 228: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
229: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 231: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 233: <p>
1.63 bentley 234: <li id="sendmail">
1.59 deraadt 235: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
236: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 238: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
1.63 bentley 241: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.59 deraadt 242: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
243: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 244: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
245: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
246: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 247: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 248: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
249: <p>
1.63 bentley 250: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.59 deraadt 251: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
252: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 253: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
254: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 256: <p>
1.63 bentley 257: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.59 deraadt 258: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font>
259: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 260: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
261: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 263: <p>
1.63 bentley 264: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.59 deraadt 265: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font>
266: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 267: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
268: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
269: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 270: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 271: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
272: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
273: <p>
1.63 bentley 274: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.59 deraadt 275: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
276: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 277: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
278: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
279: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
280: <p>
1.63 bentley 281: <li id="m4">
1.59 deraadt 282: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font>
283: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 284: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 285: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 286: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
287: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 288: <p>
1.63 bentley 289: <li id="ifmedia">
1.59 deraadt 290: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font>
291: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 292: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 293: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
295: <p>
1.63 bentley 296: <li id="newsyslog">
1.59 deraadt 297: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font>
298: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 300: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: <p>
303: </ul>
304: <p>
305:
1.64 tedu 306: <hr>
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