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79:
1.10 ericj 80: <p>
1.77 tj 81: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
82: Each patch contains usage instructions.
83: All the following patches are also available in one
84: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
85: for convenience.
1.56 deraadt 86:
87: <p>
1.77 tj 88: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 89: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 90:
1.1 deraadt 91: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 92:
1.12 jufi 93: <ul>
1.86 deraadt 94:
95: <li id="newsyslog">
96: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong>
97: <i>All architectures</i><br>
98: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
99: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
102:
103: <li id="ifmedia">
104: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 105: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 106: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
107: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.56 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 109: <p>
1.86 deraadt 110:
111: <li id="m4">
112: <strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 113: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 114: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
115: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
118: <p>
119:
120: <li id="sparc_locore">
121: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
122: <i>sparc only</i><br>
123: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
124: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 kjell 126: <p>
1.86 deraadt 127:
128: <li id="sshjumbo">
129: <strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 130: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 131: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
132: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
133: we are making a jumbo patch available. <b>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</b><br>
134: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
135: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
136: <b>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</b>
137: <p>
138:
139: <li id="alpha_locore">
140: <strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong>
141: <i>alpha only</i><br>
142: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
143: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
146:
147: <li id="hp300_locore">
148: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
149: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
150: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
151: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 153: <p>
1.86 deraadt 154:
155: <li id="atapijumbo">
156: <strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
157: <i>All architectures</i><br>
158: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
159: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
160: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
161: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
162: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
163: <p>
164:
165: <li id="sendmail">
166: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 167: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 168: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
169: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 171: <p>
1.86 deraadt 172:
173: <li id="poll">
174: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 175: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 176: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
177: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.56 deraadt 178: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 179: <p>
1.86 deraadt 180:
181: <li id="packets3c900b">
182: <strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 183: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 184: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
185: sends packets).<br>
186: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 188: <p>
1.86 deraadt 189:
190: <li id="addusery2k">
191: <strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 192: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 193: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
194: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
196: <p>
197:
198: <li id="eepromy2k">
199: <strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong><br>
200: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
201: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 203: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 204: <p>
1.86 deraadt 205:
206: <li id="aty2k">
207: <strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 208: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 209: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
210: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.58 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
212: <p>
1.86 deraadt 213:
1.63 bentley 214: <li id="sslUSA">
1.85 bentley 215: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 216: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 217: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
1.85 bentley 218: USA version of the libssl package (called <b>sslUSA</b>, is
1.58 deraadt 219: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
220: are enabled or used.<br>
1.76 tb 221: <a href="https://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.58 deraadt 222: vulnerable.<br>
1.85 bentley 223: <b>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</b>
1.58 deraadt 224: <p>
225: To check what package you are using, use
226: <pre>
227: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
228: </pre>
229: The patched library says:<br>
230: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
231: <p>
232: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.85 bentley 233: should upgrade their <b>sslUSA26</b> package using:<br>
1.58 deraadt 234: <pre>
235: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
236: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
237: </pre>
1.85 bentley 238: Using the new <b>sslUSA26.tar.gz</b> files which have been placed
1.58 deraadt 239: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 240: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.85 bentley 241: <b>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</b>
1.58 deraadt 242: <p>
1.86 deraadt 243:
244: <li id="fortran">
245: <strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 246: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 247: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
248: release.<br>
249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.56 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 251: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
252: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
253: the include file</a> to your system.
1.1 deraadt 254: <p>
1.86 deraadt 255:
256: <li id="procfs">
257: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 258: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 259: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
260: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
261: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
262: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
263: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.56 deraadt 264: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 265: <p>
1.86 deraadt 266:
267: <li id="syslog">
268: <strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 269: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 270: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
271: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
272: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.56 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 274: <p>
1.86 deraadt 275:
276: <li id="nsphy">
277: <strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 278: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 279: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
280: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
281: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 283: <p>
1.86 deraadt 284:
285: <li id="rzsz">
286: <strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 287: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 288: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
289: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
290: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
291: it</em>.
1.1 deraadt 292: <p>
1.86 deraadt 293:
294: <li id="xlockmore">
295: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 296: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 297: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
298: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
299: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
300: blowfish encoding
301: (see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.6/crypt.3">
302: crypt(3)</a>)
303: the impact is much reduced.<br>
304: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
305: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
306: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.58 deraadt 307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 308: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.1 deraadt 309: <p>
1.86 deraadt 310:
311: <li id="ipf">
312: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 313: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 314: A misuse of ipf(8)
315: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
316: bypassed.
317: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
318: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
319: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.58 deraadt 320: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 321: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.58 deraadt 322: <p>
1.86 deraadt 323:
324: <li id="semconfig">
325: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 326: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 327: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
328: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
329: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
330: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
331: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
332: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.1 deraadt 333: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
334: <p>
1.74 deraadt 335:
1.1 deraadt 336: </ul>
337:
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