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1.73 tj 22: <font color="#e00000">2.6 Errata</font>
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1.9 jason 26: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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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>,
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38: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
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1.26 david 40: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 41: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
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1.32 deraadt 43: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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1.39 deraadt 50: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 51: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
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1.50 deraadt 59: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
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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>,
1.74 deraadt 68: <a href="errata59.html">5.9</a>,
69: <a href="errata60.html">6.0</a>.
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1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
72:
1.45 sthen 73: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 74: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
75: This file is updated once a day.
1.56 deraadt 76: <p>
1.1 deraadt 77:
1.56 deraadt 78: The patches below are available in CVS via the
79: <code>OPENBSD_2_6</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 80: <p>
1.56 deraadt 81:
1.23 deraadt 82: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.56 deraadt 83: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
84: <p>
1.10 ericj 85:
1.1 deraadt 86: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 87:
1.12 jufi 88: <ul>
1.63 bentley 89: <li id="semconfig">
1.59 deraadt 90: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
91: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 92: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
93: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 94: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
95: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
96: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 97: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 99: <p>
1.63 bentley 100: <li id="ipf">
1.59 deraadt 101: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
102: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 103: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 104: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 105: bypassed.
106: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 107: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
110: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 111: <p>
1.63 bentley 112: <li id="xlockmore">
1.59 deraadt 113: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
114: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 115: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
116: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
117: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
118: blowfish encoding
1.71 sthen 119: (see <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 120: crypt(3)</a>)
121: the impact is much reduced.<br>
122: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
123: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 124: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 127: <p>
1.63 bentley 128: <li id="rzsz">
1.59 deraadt 129: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font>
130: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
132: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
133: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
134: it</em>.
135: <p>
1.63 bentley 136: <li id="syslog">
1.59 deraadt 137: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font>
138: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
140: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 141: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 143: <p>
1.63 bentley 144: <li id="nsphy">
1.59 deraadt 145: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
146: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
148: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 149: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 151: <p>
1.63 bentley 152: <li id="procfs">
1.59 deraadt 153: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font>
154: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
156: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
157: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
158: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 159: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 161: <p>
1.63 bentley 162: <li id="fortran">
1.59 deraadt 163: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font>
164: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 165: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
166: release.<br>
167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
171: the include file</a> to your system.
172: <p>
1.63 bentley 173: <li id="sslUSA">
1.59 deraadt 174: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font>
175: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 176: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
177: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
178: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
179: are enabled or used.<br>
180: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
181: vulnerable.<br>
182: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
183: <p>
184: To check what package you are using, use
185: <pre>
186: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
187: </pre>
188: The patched library says:<br>
189: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
190: <p>
191: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
192: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
193: <pre>
194: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
195: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
196: </pre>
197: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
198: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 199: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.58 deraadt 200: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
201: <p>
1.63 bentley 202: <li id="aty2k">
1.59 deraadt 203: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font>
204: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 206: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 208: <p>
1.63 bentley 209: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.58 deraadt 210: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
211: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
212: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
214: This is the second revision of the patch.
215: <p>
1.63 bentley 216: <li id="addusery2k">
1.59 deraadt 217: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
218: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 220: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 222: <p>
1.63 bentley 223: <li id="3c900b">
1.59 deraadt 224: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font>
225: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
227: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 228: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 230: <p>
1.63 bentley 231: <li id="poll">
1.59 deraadt 232: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
233: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 235: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 236: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 237: <p>
1.63 bentley 238: <li id="sendmail">
1.59 deraadt 239: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
240: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 241: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 242: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 243: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 244: <p>
1.63 bentley 245: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.59 deraadt 246: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font>
247: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 248: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
249: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
250: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 251: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 252: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
253: <p>
1.63 bentley 254: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.59 deraadt 255: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
256: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 257: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
258: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 260: <p>
1.63 bentley 261: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.59 deraadt 262: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font>
263: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 264: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
265: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 267: <p>
1.63 bentley 268: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.59 deraadt 269: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font>
270: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
272: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
273: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 274: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 275: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
276: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
277: <p>
1.63 bentley 278: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.59 deraadt 279: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font>
280: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 281: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
282: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
284: <p>
1.63 bentley 285: <li id="m4">
1.59 deraadt 286: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font>
287: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 289: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 290: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
291: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 292: <p>
1.63 bentley 293: <li id="ifmedia">
1.59 deraadt 294: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font>
295: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 296: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 297: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 298: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
299: <p>
1.63 bentley 300: <li id="newsyslog">
1.59 deraadt 301: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font>
302: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 303: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 304: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 305: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
306: <p>
1.74 deraadt 307:
1.1 deraadt 308: </ul>
309:
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