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73:
1.10 ericj 74: <p>
1.77 tj 75: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
76: Each patch contains usage instructions.
77: All the following patches are also available in one
78: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
79: for convenience.
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1.77 tj 82: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
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1.1 deraadt 85: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 86:
1.12 jufi 87: <ul>
1.86 deraadt 88:
89: <li id="newsyslog">
90: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong>
91: <i>All architectures</i><br>
92: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
93: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
95: <p>
96:
97: <li id="ifmedia">
98: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 99: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 100: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
101: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.56 deraadt 102: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 103: <p>
1.86 deraadt 104:
105: <li id="m4">
106: <strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 107: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 108: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
109: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
112: <p>
113:
114: <li id="sparc_locore">
115: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
116: <i>sparc only</i><br>
117: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
118: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 kjell 120: <p>
1.86 deraadt 121:
122: <li id="sshjumbo">
123: <strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 124: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 125: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
126: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
127: we are making a jumbo patch available. <b>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</b><br>
128: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
129: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
130: <b>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</b>
131: <p>
132:
133: <li id="alpha_locore">
134: <strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong>
135: <i>alpha only</i><br>
136: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
137: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
140:
141: <li id="hp300_locore">
142: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
143: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
144: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
145: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 147: <p>
1.86 deraadt 148:
149: <li id="atapijumbo">
150: <strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
151: <i>All architectures</i><br>
152: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
153: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
154: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
155: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
156: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
157: <p>
158:
159: <li id="sendmail">
160: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 161: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 162: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
163: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 165: <p>
1.86 deraadt 166:
167: <li id="poll">
168: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 169: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 170: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
171: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 173: <p>
1.86 deraadt 174:
175: <li id="packets3c900b">
176: <strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 177: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 178: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
179: sends packets).<br>
180: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 182: <p>
1.86 deraadt 183:
184: <li id="addusery2k">
185: <strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 186: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 187: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
188: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
190: <p>
191:
192: <li id="eepromy2k">
193: <strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong><br>
194: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
195: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 197: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 198: <p>
1.86 deraadt 199:
200: <li id="aty2k">
201: <strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 202: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 203: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
204: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.58 deraadt 205: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
206: <p>
1.86 deraadt 207:
1.63 bentley 208: <li id="sslUSA">
1.85 bentley 209: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 210: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 211: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
1.85 bentley 212: USA version of the libssl package (called <b>sslUSA</b>, is
1.58 deraadt 213: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
214: are enabled or used.<br>
1.76 tb 215: <a href="https://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.58 deraadt 216: vulnerable.<br>
1.85 bentley 217: <b>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</b>
1.58 deraadt 218: <p>
219: To check what package you are using, use
220: <pre>
221: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
222: </pre>
223: The patched library says:<br>
224: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
225: <p>
226: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.85 bentley 227: should upgrade their <b>sslUSA26</b> package using:<br>
1.58 deraadt 228: <pre>
229: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
230: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
231: </pre>
1.85 bentley 232: Using the new <b>sslUSA26.tar.gz</b> files which have been placed
1.58 deraadt 233: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 234: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.85 bentley 235: <b>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</b>
1.58 deraadt 236: <p>
1.86 deraadt 237:
238: <li id="fortran">
239: <strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 240: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 241: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
242: release.<br>
243: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.56 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 245: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
246: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
247: the include file</a> to your system.
1.1 deraadt 248: <p>
1.86 deraadt 249:
250: <li id="procfs">
251: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 252: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 253: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
254: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
255: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
256: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
257: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
1.86 deraadt 260:
261: <li id="syslog">
262: <strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 263: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 264: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
265: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
266: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 268: <p>
1.86 deraadt 269:
270: <li id="nsphy">
271: <strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 272: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 273: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
274: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
275: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 277: <p>
1.86 deraadt 278:
279: <li id="rzsz">
280: <strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 281: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 282: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
283: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
284: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
285: it</em>.
1.1 deraadt 286: <p>
1.86 deraadt 287:
288: <li id="xlockmore">
289: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 290: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 291: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
292: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
293: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
294: blowfish encoding
295: (see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.6/crypt.3">
296: crypt(3)</a>)
297: the impact is much reduced.<br>
298: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
299: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
300: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.58 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 302: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.1 deraadt 303: <p>
1.86 deraadt 304:
305: <li id="ipf">
306: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 307: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 308: A misuse of ipf(8)
309: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
310: bypassed.
311: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
312: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
313: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.58 deraadt 314: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 315: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.58 deraadt 316: <p>
1.86 deraadt 317:
318: <li id="semconfig">
319: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 320: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 321: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
322: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
323: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
324: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
325: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
326: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.1 deraadt 327: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
328: <p>
1.74 deraadt 329:
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331:
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