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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>
1.253 turan 43: <a name=screen></a>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
45: <br>
46: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
47: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
48: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
49: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
50: <br>
51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
52: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
53: <p>
1.250 deraadt 54: <a name=libedit></a>
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
56: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
57: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
58: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
59: <br>
60: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
61: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
62: <p>
1.248 beck 63: <a name=dhclient></a>
1.249 beck 64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.248 beck 65: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
66: server to be executed in the shell as root.
67: <br>
68: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
69: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
70: <p>
1.245 deraadt 71: <a name=isakmpd></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
73: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
74: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
75: <br>
76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
77: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
78: <p>
1.244 deraadt 79: <a name=msdosfs></a>
80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
81: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
82: <br>
83: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
84: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
85: <p>
86: <a name=cd9660></a>
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
88: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
89: <br>
90: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
1.242 deraadt 93: <a name=uselogin></a>
1.245 deraadt 94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.242 deraadt 95: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
1.244 deraadt 96: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
97: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.242 deraadt 98: <p>
1.241 deraadt 99: <a name=ipopts></a>
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
101: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
102: to crash the machine remote or locally.
103: <br>
104: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
107: <a name=route></a>
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
109: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
110: <br>
111: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.238 deraadt 114: <a name=bridge></a>
1.237 deraadt 115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.239 ericj 116: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
1.237 deraadt 117: go directly to the machine acting as a
118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
119: <br>
120: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
123: <a name=ef></a>
1.236 deraadt 124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
125: The
126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
127: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
128: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
129: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.233 kjell 132: <a name=ipf></a>
1.236 deraadt 133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
134: A misuse of
1.234 deraadt 135: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
136: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.233 kjell 137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
138: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
139: to version 3.3.16.
140: <p>
1.25 deraadt 141: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 142: <p>
1.42 deraadt 143: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 144: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 145: <ul>
1.252 deraadt 146: <a name=xlhash></a>
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
148: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
149: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
150: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
151: from working.
152: <br>
153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.251 deraadt 156: <a name=ste></a>
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
158: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
159: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
160: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
161: boot-time.
162: <br>
163: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <p>
166: <a name=pcvt></a>
167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
168: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
169: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
170: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
171: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
172: <br>
173: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
1.254 ! deraadt 174: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
1.251 deraadt 175: <p>
1.247 deraadt 176: <a name=if_an></a>
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
178: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
179: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
181: <br>
182: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
1.39 deraadt 185: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 186: <p>
1.47 deraadt 187: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 188: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 189: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 190: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 191: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 192: <p>
1.65 deraadt 193: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 194: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 195: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 196: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 197: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 198: <p>
1.93 deraadt 199: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 200: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 201: <ul>
1.246 deraadt 202: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
204: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
205: files for installation, ie:
206: <pre>
207: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
208: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
209: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
210: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
211: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
212: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
213: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
214: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
215: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
216: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
217: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
218: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
219: </pre>
220: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
221: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
222: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
223: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
224: <p>
1.25 deraadt 225: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 226: <p>
1.65 deraadt 227: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 228: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 229: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 230: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 231: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 232: <p>
1.65 deraadt 233: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 234: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 235: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 236: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 237: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 238: <p>
1.93 deraadt 239: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 240: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 241: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 242: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 243: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 244: <p>
1.93 deraadt 245: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 246: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 247: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 248: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 249: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 250: <p>
1.93 deraadt 251: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 252: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 254: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 255: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 256: <p>
1.95 deraadt 257: <a name=powerpc></a>
258: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
259: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 260: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 261: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 266: <hr>
1.240 jason 267: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 268: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
269: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 270: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 271: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 272: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 273: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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