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