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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>
1.255 deraadt 43: <a name=ftpd></a>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
45: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
46: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
1.256 deraadt 47: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
1.255 deraadt 48: <br>
49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch>
50: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
51: <p>
52: <a name=mopd></a>
53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
54: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
55: <br>
56: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch>
57: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
58: <p>
1.253 turan 59: <a name=screen></a>
60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
61: <br>
62: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
63: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
64: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
65: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
66: <br>
67: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
68: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
69: <p>
1.250 deraadt 70: <a name=libedit></a>
71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
72: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
73: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
74: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
75: <br>
76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
77: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
78: <p>
1.248 beck 79: <a name=dhclient></a>
1.249 beck 80: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.248 beck 81: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
82: server to be executed in the shell as root.
83: <br>
84: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: <p>
1.245 deraadt 87: <a name=isakmpd></a>
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
89: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
90: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
91: <br>
92: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.244 deraadt 95: <a name=msdosfs></a>
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
97: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
98: <br>
99: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
102: <a name=cd9660></a>
103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
104: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
105: <br>
106: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.242 deraadt 109: <a name=uselogin></a>
1.245 deraadt 110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.242 deraadt 111: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
1.244 deraadt 112: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
113: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.242 deraadt 114: <p>
1.241 deraadt 115: <a name=ipopts></a>
116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
117: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
118: to crash the machine remote or locally.
119: <br>
120: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
123: <a name=route></a>
124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
125: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
126: <br>
127: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.238 deraadt 130: <a name=bridge></a>
1.237 deraadt 131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.239 ericj 132: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
1.237 deraadt 133: go directly to the machine acting as a
134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
135: <br>
136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
139: <a name=ef></a>
1.236 deraadt 140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
141: The
142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
143: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
144: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
145: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.233 kjell 148: <a name=ipf></a>
1.236 deraadt 149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
150: A misuse of
1.234 deraadt 151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
152: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.233 kjell 153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
154: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
155: to version 3.3.16.
156: <p>
1.25 deraadt 157: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 158: <p>
1.42 deraadt 159: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 160: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 161: <ul>
1.252 deraadt 162: <a name=xlhash></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
164: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
165: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
166: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
167: from working.
168: <br>
169: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
171: <p>
1.251 deraadt 172: <a name=ste></a>
173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
174: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
175: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
176: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
177: boot-time.
178: <br>
179: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
181: <p>
182: <a name=pcvt></a>
183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
184: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
185: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
186: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
187: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
188: <br>
189: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
1.254 deraadt 190: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
1.251 deraadt 191: <p>
1.247 deraadt 192: <a name=if_an></a>
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
194: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
195: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
197: <br>
198: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
200: <p>
1.39 deraadt 201: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 202: <p>
1.47 deraadt 203: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 204: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 205: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 206: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 207: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 208: <p>
1.65 deraadt 209: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 210: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 211: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 212: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 213: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 214: <p>
1.93 deraadt 215: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 216: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 217: <ul>
1.246 deraadt 218: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
220: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
221: files for installation, ie:
222: <pre>
223: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
224: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
225: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
226: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
227: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
228: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
229: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
230: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
231: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
232: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
233: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
234: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
235: </pre>
236: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
237: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
238: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
239: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
240: <p>
1.25 deraadt 241: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 242: <p>
1.65 deraadt 243: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 244: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 245: <ul>
1.257 ! deraadt 246: <a name=if_an></a>
! 247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 248: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
! 249: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs. The neccessary fixes have been merged,
! 250: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.
! 251: The 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> however file has not been updated.
! 252: <br>
! 253: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
! 254: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
! 255: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
! 256: <br>
! 257: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch>
! 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 259: <p>
1.25 deraadt 260: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 261: <p>
1.65 deraadt 262: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 263: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 264: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 265: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 266: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 267: <p>
1.93 deraadt 268: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 269: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 270: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 271: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 272: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 273: <p>
1.93 deraadt 274: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 275: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 276: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 277: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 278: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 279: <p>
1.93 deraadt 280: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 281: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 282: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 283: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 284: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 285: <p>
1.95 deraadt 286: <a name=powerpc></a>
287: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
288: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 289: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 290: </ul>
291:
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1.25 deraadt 293: <br>
1.75 deraadt 294:
1.25 deraadt 295: <hr>
1.240 jason 296: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 297: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
298: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 299: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 300: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 301: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 302: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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