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1.176 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.5 release errata & patch list:
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1.94 deraadt 21: <hr>
22: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
23: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 24: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 25: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.94 deraadt 26: <hr>
27:
1.176 deraadt 28: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5.tar.gz>
1.142 deraadt 29: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
30: This file is updated once a day.
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1.25 deraadt 34: <ul>
1.43 deraadt 35: <a name=all></a>
1.67 deraadt 36: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 37: <ul>
1.187 ! deraadt 38: <a name=chflags></a>
! 39: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 40: Do not permit regular users to chflags(2) or fchflags(2) on character or
! 41: block devices which they may currently be the owner of.
! 42: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/chflags.patch>
! 43: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 44: <p>
! 45: <a name=nroff></a>
! 46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 47: Cause groff(1) to be invoked with the -S flag, when called by nroff(1),
! 48: to avoid various groff features which may be security issues. On the
! 49: whole, this is not really a security issue, but it was discussed on
! 50: BUGTRAQ as if it is.
! 51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/nroff.patch>
! 52: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 53: <p>
1.184 millert 54: <a name=fts></a>
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
56: Programs using fts(3) could dump core when given a directory structure
57: with a very large number of entries.
58: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/fts.patch>
59: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
60: <p>
1.183 deraadt 61: <a name=tcpsack></a>
62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
63: Sequence numbers could wrap with TCP_SACK and TCP_NEWRENO, resulting in
64: failure to retransmit correctly.
65: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/tcpsack.patch>
66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
1.182 deraadt 68: <a name=ipsec1></a>
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
70: Retransmitted TCP packets could get corrupted when flowing over an
71: IPSEC ESP tunnel.
72: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/espdata.patch>
73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.179 millert 75: <a name=bmap></a>
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
77: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
78: from an ext2fs partition.
79: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/bmap.patch>
80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.181 niklas 81: <p>
82: <a name=pfkey></a>
83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
84: PF_KEY socket operations leak internal kernel resources, so that a
85: system running an IPsec keymanagement daemon like photurisd or isakmpd
86: will cause the networking subsystem to stop working after a finite amount
87: of time.
88: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/pfkey.patch>
89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 90: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 91: <p>
1.42 deraadt 92: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 93: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 94: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 95: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 96: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 97: <p>
1.47 deraadt 98: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 99: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 100: <ul>
1.185 deraadt 101: <a name=macutils></a>
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALL PROBLEM</strong></font><br>
103: The mac68k install utils were mistakenly left off the CD and out of
104: the FTP install directories. These tools have now been added to the
105: FTP install directories. See
106: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils>
107: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils</a>
108: <p>
1.25 deraadt 109: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 110: <p>
1.65 deraadt 111: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 112: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 113: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 114: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 115: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 116: <p>
1.93 deraadt 117: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 118: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 119: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 120: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 121: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 122: <p>
1.65 deraadt 123: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 124: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 125: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 126: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 127: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 128: <p>
1.65 deraadt 129: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 130: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 131: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 132: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 133: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 134: <p>
1.93 deraadt 135: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 136: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 137: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 138: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 139: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 140: <p>
1.93 deraadt 141: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 142: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 143: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 144: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 145: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 146: <p>
1.93 deraadt 147: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 148: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 149: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 150: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 151: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 152: <p>
1.95 deraadt 153: <a name=powerpc></a>
154: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
155: <ul>
1.178 deraadt 156: <a name=powerpc_trap></a>
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
158: Two problems in the powerpc kernel trap handling cause severe system
159: unreliability.
160: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/powerpc/trap.patch>
1.180 deraadt 161: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a>
1.178 deraadt 162: <p>
1.144 deraadt 163: </ul>
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1.93 deraadt 170: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
171: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 172: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 173: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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