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1.232 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.7 release errata & patch list:
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1.94 deraadt 21: <hr>
1.240 jason 22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.94 deraadt 23: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
24: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 25: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 26: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 27: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 28: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.94 deraadt 29: <hr>
30:
1.232 deraadt 31: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz>
1.142 deraadt 32: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
33: This file is updated once a day.
34:
1.240 jason 35: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
36: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.142 deraadt 37: <hr>
38:
1.197 deraadt 39: <dl>
1.43 deraadt 40: <a name=all></a>
1.67 deraadt 41: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 42: <ul>
1.250 deraadt 43: <a name=libedit></a>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
45: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
46: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
47: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
48: <br>
49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
50: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
51: <p>
1.248 beck 52: <a name=dhclient></a>
1.249 beck 53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.248 beck 54: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
55: server to be executed in the shell as root.
56: <br>
57: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
58: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
59: <p>
1.245 deraadt 60: <a name=isakmpd></a>
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
62: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
63: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
64: <br>
65: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
1.244 deraadt 68: <a name=msdosfs></a>
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
70: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
71: <br>
72: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
75: <a name=cd9660></a>
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
77: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
78: <br>
79: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.242 deraadt 82: <a name=uselogin></a>
1.245 deraadt 83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.242 deraadt 84: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
1.244 deraadt 85: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
86: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.242 deraadt 87: <p>
1.241 deraadt 88: <a name=ipopts></a>
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
90: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
91: to crash the machine remote or locally.
92: <br>
93: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
95: <p>
96: <a name=route></a>
97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
98: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
99: <br>
100: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
102: <p>
1.238 deraadt 103: <a name=bridge></a>
1.237 deraadt 104: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.239 ericj 105: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
1.237 deraadt 106: go directly to the machine acting as a
107: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
108: <br>
109: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
112: <a name=ef></a>
1.236 deraadt 113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
114: The
115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
116: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
117: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
118: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.233 kjell 121: <a name=ipf></a>
1.236 deraadt 122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
123: A misuse of
1.234 deraadt 124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
125: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.233 kjell 126: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
127: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
128: to version 3.3.16.
129: <p>
1.25 deraadt 130: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 131: <p>
1.42 deraadt 132: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 133: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 134: <ul>
1.252 ! deraadt 135: <a name=xlhash></a>
! 136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 137: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
! 138: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
! 139: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
! 140: from working.
! 141: <br>
! 142: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
! 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 144: <p>
1.251 deraadt 145: <a name=ste></a>
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
147: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
148: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
149: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
150: boot-time.
151: <br>
152: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
155: <a name=pcvt></a>
156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
157: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
158: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
159: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
160: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
161: <br>
162: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.247 deraadt 165: <a name=if_an></a>
166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
167: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
168: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
170: <br>
171: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
173: <p>
1.39 deraadt 174: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 175: <p>
1.47 deraadt 176: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 177: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 178: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 179: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 180: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 181: <p>
1.65 deraadt 182: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 183: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 184: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 185: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 186: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 187: <p>
1.93 deraadt 188: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 189: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 190: <ul>
1.246 deraadt 191: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
193: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
194: files for installation, ie:
195: <pre>
196: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
197: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
198: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
199: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
200: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
201: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
202: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
203: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
204: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
205: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
206: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
207: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
208: </pre>
209: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
210: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
211: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
212: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
213: <p>
1.25 deraadt 214: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 215: <p>
1.65 deraadt 216: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 217: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 218: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 219: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 220: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 221: <p>
1.65 deraadt 222: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 223: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 224: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 225: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 226: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 227: <p>
1.93 deraadt 228: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 229: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 230: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 231: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 232: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 233: <p>
1.93 deraadt 234: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 236: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 237: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 238: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 239: <p>
1.93 deraadt 240: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 241: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 242: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 243: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 244: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 245: <p>
1.95 deraadt 246: <a name=powerpc></a>
247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
248: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 249: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 250: </ul>
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1.75 deraadt 254:
1.25 deraadt 255: <hr>
1.240 jason 256: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 257: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
258: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 259: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 260: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 261: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 262: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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