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20: 2.6 Errata
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1.22 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
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81:
1.10 ericj 82: <p>
1.77 tj 83: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
84: Each patch contains usage instructions.
85: All the following patches are also available in one
86: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
87: for convenience.
1.56 deraadt 88:
89: <p>
1.77 tj 90: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 91: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.10 ericj 92:
1.1 deraadt 93: <hr>
1.56 deraadt 94:
1.12 jufi 95: <ul>
1.86 deraadt 96:
97: <li id="newsyslog">
98: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong>
99: <i>All architectures</i><br>
100: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
101: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
102: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
103: <p>
104:
105: <li id="ifmedia">
106: <strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 107: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 108: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
109: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.56 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 deraadt 111: <p>
1.86 deraadt 112:
113: <li id="m4">
114: <strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 115: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 116: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
117: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
119: This is the 3rd revision of the patch.
120: <p>
121:
122: <li id="sparc_locore">
123: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
124: <i>sparc only</i><br>
125: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
126: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.4 kjell 128: <p>
1.86 deraadt 129:
130: <li id="sshjumbo">
131: <strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 132: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 133: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
134: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
135: we are making a jumbo patch available. <b>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</b><br>
136: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
137: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
138: <b>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</b>
139: <p>
140:
141: <li id="alpha_locore">
142: <strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong>
143: <i>alpha only</i><br>
144: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
145: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
148:
149: <li id="hp300_locore">
150: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong>
151: <i>m68k architectures</i><br>
152: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
153: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.56 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 155: <p>
1.86 deraadt 156:
157: <li id="atapijumbo">
158: <strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
159: <i>All architectures</i><br>
160: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
161: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
162: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
163: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
164: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
165: <p>
166:
167: <li id="sendmail">
168: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 169: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 170: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
171: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 173: <p>
1.86 deraadt 174:
175: <li id="poll">
176: <strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 177: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 178: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
179: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.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="packets3c900b">
184: <strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 185: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 186: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
187: sends packets).<br>
188: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.56 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 190: <p>
1.86 deraadt 191:
192: <li id="addusery2k">
193: <strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 194: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 195: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
196: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
198: <p>
199:
200: <li id="eepromy2k">
201: <strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong><br>
202: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
203: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.56 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 205: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 206: <p>
1.86 deraadt 207:
208: <li id="aty2k">
209: <strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 210: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 211: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
212: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.58 deraadt 213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
214: <p>
1.86 deraadt 215:
1.63 bentley 216: <li id="sslUSA">
1.85 bentley 217: <strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 218: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.58 deraadt 219: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
1.85 bentley 220: USA version of the libssl package (called <b>sslUSA</b>, is
1.58 deraadt 221: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
222: are enabled or used.<br>
1.76 tb 223: <a href="https://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.58 deraadt 224: vulnerable.<br>
1.85 bentley 225: <b>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</b>
1.58 deraadt 226: <p>
227: To check what package you are using, use
228: <pre>
229: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
230: </pre>
231: The patched library says:<br>
232: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
233: <p>
234: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
1.85 bentley 235: should upgrade their <b>sslUSA26</b> package using:<br>
1.58 deraadt 236: <pre>
237: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
238: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
239: </pre>
1.85 bentley 240: Using the new <b>sslUSA26.tar.gz</b> files which have been placed
1.58 deraadt 241: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
1.60 nick 242: <a href="advisories/sslUSA">For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
1.85 bentley 243: <b>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</b>
1.58 deraadt 244: <p>
1.86 deraadt 245:
246: <li id="fortran">
247: <strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong>
1.59 deraadt 248: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 249: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
250: release.<br>
251: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.56 deraadt 252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 253: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
254: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
255: the include file</a> to your system.
1.1 deraadt 256: <p>
1.86 deraadt 257:
258: <li id="procfs">
259: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 260: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 261: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
262: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
263: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
264: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
265: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.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="syslog">
270: <strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 271: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 272: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
273: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
274: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.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="nsphy">
279: <strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 280: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 281: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
282: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
283: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.56 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 285: <p>
1.86 deraadt 286:
287: <li id="rzsz">
288: <strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 289: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 290: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
291: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
292: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
293: it</em>.
1.1 deraadt 294: <p>
1.86 deraadt 295:
296: <li id="xlockmore">
297: <strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 298: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 299: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
300: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
301: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
302: blowfish encoding
303: (see <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.6/crypt.3">
304: crypt(3)</a>)
305: the impact is much reduced.<br>
306: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
307: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
308: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.58 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 310: This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.
1.1 deraadt 311: <p>
1.86 deraadt 312:
313: <li id="ipf">
314: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 315: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 316: A misuse of ipf(8)
317: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
318: bypassed.
319: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
320: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
321: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.58 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.86 deraadt 323: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.58 deraadt 324: <p>
1.86 deraadt 325:
326: <li id="semconfig">
327: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.59 deraadt 328: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.86 deraadt 329: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
330: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
331: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
332: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
333: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
334: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.1 deraadt 335: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
336: <p>
1.74 deraadt 337:
1.1 deraadt 338: </ul>
339:
1.64 tedu 340: <hr>