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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>
1.260 deraadt 43: <a name=X11_libs></a>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
45: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
46: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
47: <ul>
48: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-05-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0005181947210.17658-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
49: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
50: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
51: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
52: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
1.261 deraadt 53: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.260 deraadt 54: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192220220.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
55: libICE DoS</a><br>
56: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
57: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.10004161835150.863-100000@localhost">
58: Server overflow</a><br>
59: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
60: <br>
61: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since the
62: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
63: </ul>
64: <br>
65: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch>
1.264 ! marc 66: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
! 67: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
! 68: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
! 69: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
! 70: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
! 71: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
! 72: time /etc/weekly runs.
1.260 deraadt 73: <p>
1.255 deraadt 74: <a name=ftpd></a>
75: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
76: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
77: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
1.256 deraadt 78: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
1.255 deraadt 79: <br>
80: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch>
81: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
82: <p>
83: <a name=mopd></a>
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
85: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
86: <br>
87: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch>
88: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
89: <p>
1.253 turan 90: <a name=screen></a>
91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
92: <br>
93: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
94: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
95: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
96: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
97: <br>
98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.250 deraadt 101: <a name=libedit></a>
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
103: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
104: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
105: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
106: <br>
107: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.248 beck 110: <a name=dhclient></a>
1.249 beck 111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.248 beck 112: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
113: server to be executed in the shell as root.
114: <br>
115: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.245 deraadt 118: <a name=isakmpd></a>
119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
120: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
121: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
122: <br>
123: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.244 deraadt 126: <a name=msdosfs></a>
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
128: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
129: <br>
130: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
133: <a name=cd9660></a>
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
135: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
136: <br>
137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.242 deraadt 140: <a name=uselogin></a>
1.245 deraadt 141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.242 deraadt 142: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
1.244 deraadt 143: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
144: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.242 deraadt 145: <p>
1.241 deraadt 146: <a name=ipopts></a>
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
148: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
149: to crash the machine remote or locally.
150: <br>
151: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <p>
154: <a name=route></a>
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
156: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
157: <br>
158: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.238 deraadt 161: <a name=bridge></a>
1.237 deraadt 162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.239 ericj 163: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
1.237 deraadt 164: go directly to the machine acting as a
165: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
166: <br>
167: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
170: <a name=ef></a>
1.236 deraadt 171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
172: The
173: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
174: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
175: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
176: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
177: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
178: <p>
1.233 kjell 179: <a name=ipf></a>
1.236 deraadt 180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
181: A misuse of
1.234 deraadt 182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
183: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.233 kjell 184: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
185: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
186: to version 3.3.16.
187: <p>
1.25 deraadt 188: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 189: <p>
1.42 deraadt 190: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 191: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 192: <ul>
1.252 deraadt 193: <a name=xlhash></a>
194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
195: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
196: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
197: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
198: from working.
199: <br>
200: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <p>
1.251 deraadt 203: <a name=ste></a>
204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
205: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
206: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
207: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
208: boot-time.
209: <br>
210: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
212: <p>
213: <a name=pcvt></a>
214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
215: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
216: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
217: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
218: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
219: <br>
220: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
1.254 deraadt 221: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
1.251 deraadt 222: <p>
1.247 deraadt 223: <a name=if_an></a>
224: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
225: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
226: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
227: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
228: <br>
229: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
231: <p>
1.39 deraadt 232: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 233: <p>
1.47 deraadt 234: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 236: <ul>
1.262 beck 237: <a name=mac68k_arandom></a>
238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
239: <br>
240: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
241: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
1.263 deraadt 242: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
243: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
244: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
1.262 beck 245: <br>
246: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
247: commands as root:
248: <tt><pre>
249: cd /dev
250: ./MAKEDEV arandom
251: </pre></tt>
252: <p>
253: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
254: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
1.25 deraadt 255: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 256: <p>
1.65 deraadt 257: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 258: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 259: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 260: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 261: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 262: <p>
1.93 deraadt 263: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 264: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 265: <ul>
1.246 deraadt 266: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
268: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
269: files for installation, ie:
270: <pre>
271: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
272: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
273: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
274: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
275: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
276: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
277: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
278: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
279: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
280: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
281: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
282: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
283: </pre>
284: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
285: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
286: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
287: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
288: <p>
1.25 deraadt 289: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 290: <p>
1.65 deraadt 291: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 292: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 293: <ul>
1.258 deraadt 294: <a name=pmax_msgbuf></a>
1.257 deraadt 295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
296: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
1.259 deraadt 297: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
298: The neccessary fixes have been merged,
299: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
300: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
1.257 deraadt 301: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
302: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
303: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
304: <br>
305: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch>
306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
307: <p>
1.25 deraadt 308: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 309: <p>
1.65 deraadt 310: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 311: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 312: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 313: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 314: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 315: <p>
1.93 deraadt 316: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 317: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 318: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 319: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 320: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 321: <p>
1.93 deraadt 322: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 323: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 324: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 325: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 326: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 327: <p>
1.93 deraadt 328: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 329: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 330: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 331: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 332: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 333: <p>
1.95 deraadt 334: <a name=powerpc></a>
335: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
336: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 337: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 338: </ul>
339:
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1.25 deraadt 341: <br>
1.75 deraadt 342:
1.25 deraadt 343: <hr>
1.240 jason 344: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 345: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
346: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 347: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 348: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 349: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 350: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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