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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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32: <hr>
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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>
1.188 ! deraadt 38: <a name=rc></a>
! 39: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 40: In /etc/rc, use mktemp(1) for motd re-writing, and change the find(1)
! 41: to use -execdir.
! 42: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/rc.patch>
! 43: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 44: <p>
1.187 deraadt 45: <a name=chflags></a>
46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
47: Do not permit regular users to chflags(2) or fchflags(2) on character or
48: block devices which they may currently be the owner of.
49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/chflags.patch>
50: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
51: <p>
52: <a name=nroff></a>
53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
54: Cause groff(1) to be invoked with the -S flag, when called by nroff(1),
55: to avoid various groff features which may be security issues. On the
56: whole, this is not really a security issue, but it was discussed on
57: BUGTRAQ as if it is.
58: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/nroff.patch>
59: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
60: <p>
1.184 millert 61: <a name=fts></a>
62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
63: Programs using fts(3) could dump core when given a directory structure
64: with a very large number of entries.
65: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/fts.patch>
66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
1.183 deraadt 68: <a name=tcpsack></a>
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
70: Sequence numbers could wrap with TCP_SACK and TCP_NEWRENO, resulting in
71: failure to retransmit correctly.
72: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/tcpsack.patch>
73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.182 deraadt 75: <a name=ipsec1></a>
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
77: Retransmitted TCP packets could get corrupted when flowing over an
78: IPSEC ESP tunnel.
79: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/espdata.patch>
80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.179 millert 82: <a name=bmap></a>
83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
84: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
85: from an ext2fs partition.
86: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/bmap.patch>
87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.181 niklas 88: <p>
89: <a name=pfkey></a>
90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
91: PF_KEY socket operations leak internal kernel resources, so that a
92: system running an IPsec keymanagement daemon like photurisd or isakmpd
93: will cause the networking subsystem to stop working after a finite amount
94: of time.
95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/common/pfkey.patch>
96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 97: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 98: <p>
1.42 deraadt 99: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 100: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 101: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 102: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 103: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 104: <p>
1.47 deraadt 105: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 106: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 107: <ul>
1.185 deraadt 108: <a name=macutils></a>
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>INSTALL PROBLEM</strong></font><br>
110: The mac68k install utils were mistakenly left off the CD and out of
111: the FTP install directories. These tools have now been added to the
112: FTP install directories. See
113: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils>
114: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/utils</a>
115: <p>
1.25 deraadt 116: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 117: <p>
1.65 deraadt 118: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 119: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 120: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 121: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 122: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 123: <p>
1.93 deraadt 124: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 125: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 126: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 127: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 128: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 129: <p>
1.65 deraadt 130: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 131: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 132: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 133: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 134: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 135: <p>
1.65 deraadt 136: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 137: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 138: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 139: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 140: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 141: <p>
1.93 deraadt 142: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 143: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 144: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 145: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 146: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 147: <p>
1.93 deraadt 148: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 149: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 150: <ul>
1.176 deraadt 151: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 152: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 153: <p>
1.93 deraadt 154: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 155: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 156: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 157: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 158: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 159: <p>
1.95 deraadt 160: <a name=powerpc></a>
161: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
162: <ul>
1.178 deraadt 163: <a name=powerpc_trap></a>
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
165: Two problems in the powerpc kernel trap handling cause severe system
166: unreliability.
167: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.5/powerpc/trap.patch>
1.180 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a>
1.178 deraadt 169: <p>
1.144 deraadt 170: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 176: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 177: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
178: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 179: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 180: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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