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70: <a href="errata65.html">6.5</a>.
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72:
1.10 ericj 73: <p>
1.77 tj 74: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
75: Each patch contains usage instructions.
76: All the following patches are also available in one
77: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
78: for convenience.
1.56 deraadt 79:
80: <p>
1.77 tj 81: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 82: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 83:
1.1 deraadt 84: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 85:
1.12 jufi 86: <ul>
1.63 bentley 87: <li id="semconfig">
1.85 ! bentley 88: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 89: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 deraadt 90: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
91: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 92: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
93: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
94: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.76 tb 95: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.56 deraadt 96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 97: <p>
1.63 bentley 98: <li id="ipf">
1.85 ! bentley 99: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 100: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.14 horacio 101: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 102: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 103: bypassed.
104: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 105: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.76 tb 106: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.56 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.4 kjell 109: <p>
1.63 bentley 110: <li id="xlockmore">
1.85 ! bentley 111: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 112: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 113: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
114: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
115: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
116: blowfish encoding
1.80 tb 117: (see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.6/crypt.3">
1.2 deraadt 118: crypt(3)</a>)
119: the impact is much reduced.<br>
120: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
121: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.76 tb 122: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
124: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.2 deraadt 125: <p>
1.63 bentley 126: <li id="rzsz">
1.85 ! bentley 127: <strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 128: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
130: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
131: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
132: it</em>.
133: <p>
1.63 bentley 134: <li id="syslog">
1.85 ! bentley 135: <strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 136: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
138: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.76 tb 139: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 141: <p>
1.63 bentley 142: <li id="nsphy">
1.85 ! bentley 143: <strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 144: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
146: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.76 tb 147: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 149: <p>
1.63 bentley 150: <li id="procfs">
1.85 ! bentley 151: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 152: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
154: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
155: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
156: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.76 tb 157: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 159: <p>
1.63 bentley 160: <li id="fortran">
1.85 ! bentley 161: <strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 162: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 163: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
164: release.<br>
1.76 tb 165: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.58 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.76 tb 168: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.58 deraadt 169: the include file</a> to your system.
170: <p>
1.63 bentley 171: <li id="sslUSA">
1.85 ! bentley 172: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 173: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 174: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
1.85 ! bentley 175: USA version of the libssl package (called <b>sslUSA</b>, is
1.58 deraadt 176: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
177: are enabled or used.<br>
1.76 tb 178: <a href="https://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.58 deraadt 179: vulnerable.<br>
1.85 ! bentley 180: <b>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</b>
1.58 deraadt 181: <p>
182: To check what package you are using, use
183: <pre>
184: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
185: </pre>
186: The patched library says:<br>
187: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
188: <p>
189: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.85 ! bentley 190: should upgrade their <b>sslUSA26</b> package using:<br>
1.58 deraadt 191: <pre>
192: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
193: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
194: </pre>
1.85 ! bentley 195: Using the new <b>sslUSA26.tar.gz</b> files which have been placed
1.58 deraadt 196: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 197: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.85 ! bentley 198: <b>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</b>
1.58 deraadt 199: <p>
1.63 bentley 200: <li id="aty2k">
1.85 ! bentley 201: <strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 202: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.76 tb 204: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 205: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 206: <p>
1.63 bentley 207: <li id="eepromy2k">
1.85 ! bentley 208: <strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong><br>
1.58 deraadt 209: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.76 tb 210: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.58 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
212: This is the second revision of the patch.
213: <p>
1.63 bentley 214: <li id="addusery2k">
1.85 ! bentley 215: <strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 216: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.76 tb 218: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 220: <p>
1.79 tb 221: <li id="packets3c900b">
1.85 ! bentley 222: <strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 223: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
225: sends packets).<br>
1.76 tb 226: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 228: <p>
1.63 bentley 229: <li id="poll">
1.85 ! bentley 230: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 231: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 232: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.76 tb 233: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 234: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 235: <p>
1.63 bentley 236: <li id="sendmail">
1.85 ! bentley 237: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 238: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 239: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.76 tb 240: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.56 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 242: <p>
1.63 bentley 243: <li id="atapijumbo">
1.85 ! bentley 244: <strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 245: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 246: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
247: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
248: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.76 tb 249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 250: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
251: <p>
1.63 bentley 252: <li id="hp300_locore">
1.85 ! bentley 253: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 254: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 255: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.76 tb 256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.58 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 258: <p>
1.63 bentley 259: <li id="alpha_locore">
1.85 ! bentley 260: <strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 261: <i>alpha only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 262: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.76 tb 263: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 264: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 265: <p>
1.63 bentley 266: <li id="sshjumbo">
1.85 ! bentley 267: <strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 268: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
270: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
1.85 ! bentley 271: we are making a jumbo patch available. <b>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</b><br>
1.76 tb 272: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
1.85 ! bentley 274: <b>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</b>
1.1 deraadt 275: <p>
1.63 bentley 276: <li id="sparc_locore">
1.85 ! bentley 277: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 278: <i>sparc only</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 279: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.76 tb 280: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.58 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
282: <p>
1.63 bentley 283: <li id="m4">
1.85 ! bentley 284: <strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 285: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.76 tb 287: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.56 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
289: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 290: <p>
1.63 bentley 291: <li id="ifmedia">
1.85 ! bentley 292: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 293: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 294: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.76 tb 295: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 296: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
297: <p>
1.63 bentley 298: <li id="newsyslog">
1.85 ! bentley 299: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 300: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.76 tb 302: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 303: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
304: <p>
1.74 deraadt 305:
1.1 deraadt 306: </ul>
307:
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