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1.1 deraadt 25:
1.9 jason 26: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 27: <br>
1.22 deraadt 28: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 29: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
30: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
31: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
32: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
33: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
34: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
35: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
36: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
37: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
38: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 39: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 40: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 41: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 42: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 43: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.55 deraadt 44: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.40 deraadt 45: <br>
1.34 deraadt 46: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 47: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 48: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 49: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 50: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 51: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 52: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 53: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 54: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 55: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 56: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 nick 57: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.49 sthen 58: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.50 deraadt 59: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.51 deraadt 60: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.52 deraadt 61: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.55 deraadt 62: <br>
1.53 deraadt 63: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
1.61 jsg 64: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
1.65 deraadt 65: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
1.68 deraadt 66: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
1.69 deraadt 67: <a href="errata58.html">5.8</a>,
68: <a href="errata59.html">5.9</a>.
1.21 deraadt 69: <br>
1.1 deraadt 70: <hr>
71:
1.45 sthen 72: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 73: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
74: This file is updated once a day.
1.56 deraadt 75: <p>
1.1 deraadt 76:
1.56 deraadt 77: The patches below are available in CVS via the
78: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 79: <p>
1.56 deraadt 80:
1.23 deraadt 81: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 deraadt 82: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
83: <p>
1.10 ericj 84:
1.1 deraadt 85: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 86:
1.12 jufi 87: <ul>
1.63 bentley 88: <li id="semconfig">
1.59 deraadt 89: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 91: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
92: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 93: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
94: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
95: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 96: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 98: <p>
1.63 bentley 99: <li id="ipf">
1.59 deraadt 100: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
101: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 102: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 103: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 104: bypassed.
105: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 106: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 107: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 110: <p>
1.63 bentley 111: <li id="xlockmore">
1.59 deraadt 112: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
113: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 114: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
115: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
116: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
117: blowfish encoding
1.71 sthen 118: (see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 119: crypt(3)</a>)
120: the impact is much reduced.<br>
121: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
122: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 123: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 126: <p>
1.63 bentley 127: <li id="rzsz">
1.59 deraadt 128: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font>
129: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
131: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
132: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
133: it</em>.
134: <p>
1.63 bentley 135: <li id="syslog">
1.59 deraadt 136: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font>
137: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
139: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 140: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 142: <p>
1.63 bentley 143: <li id="nsphy">
1.59 deraadt 144: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
145: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
147: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 148: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 150: <p>
1.63 bentley 151: <li id="procfs">
1.59 deraadt 152: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
153: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
155: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
156: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
157: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 158: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 160: <p>
1.63 bentley 161: <li id="fortran">
1.59 deraadt 162: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font>
163: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 164: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
165: release.<br>
166: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
169: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
170: the include file</a> to your system.
171: <p>
1.63 bentley 172: <li id="sslUSA">
1.59 deraadt 173: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font>
174: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 175: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
176: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
177: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
178: are enabled or used.<br>
179: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
180: vulnerable.<br>
181: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
182: <p>
183: To check what package you are using, use
184: <pre>
185: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
186: </pre>
187: The patched library says:<br>
188: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
189: <p>
190: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
191: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
192: <pre>
193: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
194: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
195: </pre>
196: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
197: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 198: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.58 deraadt 199: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
200: <p>
1.63 bentley 201: <li id="aty2k">
1.59 deraadt 202: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font>
203: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 204: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 205: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 207: <p>
1.63 bentley 208: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.58 deraadt 209: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
210: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
211: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
213: This is the second revision of the patch.
214: <p>
1.63 bentley 215: <li id="addusery2k">
1.59 deraadt 216: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
217: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 219: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 221: <p>
1.63 bentley 222: <li id="3c900b">
1.59 deraadt 223: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
224: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
226: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 227: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 229: <p>
1.63 bentley 230: <li id="poll">
1.59 deraadt 231: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
232: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 234: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 235: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 236: <p>
1.63 bentley 237: <li id="sendmail">
1.59 deraadt 238: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
239: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 240: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 241: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 243: <p>
1.63 bentley 244: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.59 deraadt 245: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
246: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 247: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
248: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
249: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 250: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 251: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
252: <p>
1.63 bentley 253: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.59 deraadt 254: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
255: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 256: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
257: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
1.63 bentley 260: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.59 deraadt 261: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font>
262: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 263: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
264: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 266: <p>
1.63 bentley 267: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.59 deraadt 268: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font>
269: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 270: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
271: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
272: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 273: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 274: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
275: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
276: <p>
1.63 bentley 277: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.59 deraadt 278: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
279: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 280: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
281: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
283: <p>
1.63 bentley 284: <li id="m4">
1.59 deraadt 285: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font>
286: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 288: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 291: <p>
1.63 bentley 292: <li id="ifmedia">
1.59 deraadt 293: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font>
294: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 295: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 296: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 297: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
298: <p>
1.63 bentley 299: <li id="newsyslog">
1.59 deraadt 300: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font>
301: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 302: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 303: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
306: </ul>
307: <p>
308:
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