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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:
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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>
1.86 ! deraadt 87:
! 88: <li id="newsyslog">
! 89: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong>
! 90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 91: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
! 92: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
! 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 94: <p>
! 95:
! 96: <li id="ifmedia">
! 97: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 98: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 99: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
! 100: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.56 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 102: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 103:
! 104: <li id="m4">
! 105: <strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 106: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 107: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
! 108: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
! 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 110: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
! 111: <p>
! 112:
! 113: <li id="sparc_locore">
! 114: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
! 115: <i>sparc only</i><br>
! 116: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
! 117: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 kjell 119: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 120:
! 121: <li id="sshjumbo">
! 122: <strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 123: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 124: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
! 125: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
! 126: we are making a jumbo patch available. <b>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</b><br>
! 127: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
! 128: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
! 129: <b>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</b>
! 130: <p>
! 131:
! 132: <li id="alpha_locore">
! 133: <strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong>
! 134: <i>alpha only</i><br>
! 135: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 136: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
! 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 138: <p>
! 139:
! 140: <li id="hp300_locore">
! 141: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
! 142: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
! 143: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
! 144: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 146: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 147:
! 148: <li id="atapijumbo">
! 149: <strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
! 150: <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 151: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
! 152: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
! 153: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
! 154: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
! 155: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
! 156: <p>
! 157:
! 158: <li id="sendmail">
! 159: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 160: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 161: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
! 162: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
! 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 164: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 165:
! 166: <li id="poll">
! 167: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 168: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 169: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
! 170: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 172: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 173:
! 174: <li id="packets3c900b">
! 175: <strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 176: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 177: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
! 178: sends packets).<br>
! 179: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 181: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 182:
! 183: <li id="addusery2k">
! 184: <strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 185: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 186: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
! 187: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
! 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 189: <p>
! 190:
! 191: <li id="eepromy2k">
! 192: <strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong><br>
! 193: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
! 194: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 ! deraadt 196: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 197: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 198:
! 199: <li id="aty2k">
! 200: <strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 201: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 202: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
! 203: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.58 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
205: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 206:
1.63 bentley 207: <li id="sslUSA">
1.85 bentley 208: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 209: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 210: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
1.85 bentley 211: USA version of the libssl package (called <b>sslUSA</b>, is
1.58 deraadt 212: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
213: are enabled or used.<br>
1.76 tb 214: <a href="https://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.58 deraadt 215: vulnerable.<br>
1.85 bentley 216: <b>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</b>
1.58 deraadt 217: <p>
218: To check what package you are using, use
219: <pre>
220: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
221: </pre>
222: The patched library says:<br>
223: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
224: <p>
225: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.85 bentley 226: should upgrade their <b>sslUSA26</b> package using:<br>
1.58 deraadt 227: <pre>
228: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
229: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
230: </pre>
1.85 bentley 231: Using the new <b>sslUSA26.tar.gz</b> files which have been placed
1.58 deraadt 232: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 233: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.85 bentley 234: <b>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</b>
1.58 deraadt 235: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 236:
! 237: <li id="fortran">
! 238: <strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 239: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 240: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
! 241: release.<br>
! 242: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.56 deraadt 243: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 ! deraadt 244: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
! 245: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
! 246: the include file</a> to your system.
1.1 deraadt 247: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 248:
! 249: <li id="procfs">
! 250: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 251: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 252: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
! 253: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
! 254: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
! 255: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
! 256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 258: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 259:
! 260: <li id="syslog">
! 261: <strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 262: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 263: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
! 264: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
! 265: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 267: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 268:
! 269: <li id="nsphy">
! 270: <strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 271: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 272: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
! 273: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
! 274: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 276: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 277:
! 278: <li id="rzsz">
! 279: <strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 280: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 281: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
! 282: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
! 283: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
! 284: it</em>.
1.1 deraadt 285: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 286:
! 287: <li id="xlockmore">
! 288: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 289: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 290: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
! 291: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
! 292: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
! 293: blowfish encoding
! 294: (see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.6/crypt.3">
! 295: crypt(3)</a>)
! 296: the impact is much reduced.<br>
! 297: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
! 298: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
! 299: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.58 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 ! deraadt 301: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.1 deraadt 302: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 303:
! 304: <li id="ipf">
! 305: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 306: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 307: A misuse of ipf(8)
! 308: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
! 309: bypassed.
! 310: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
! 311: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
! 312: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.58 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 ! deraadt 314: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.58 deraadt 315: <p>
1.86 ! deraadt 316:
! 317: <li id="semconfig">
! 318: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 319: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 ! deraadt 320: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
! 321: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
! 322: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
! 323: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
! 324: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
! 325: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.1 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
327: <p>
1.74 deraadt 328:
1.1 deraadt 329: </ul>
330:
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