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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>
1.265 ! deraadt 43: <a name=xlock></a>
! 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 45: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
! 46: it's functionality, do
! 47: <pre>
! 48: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
! 49: </pre>
! 50: <br>
! 51: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch>
! 52: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 53: <p>
1.260 deraadt 54: <a name=X11_libs></a>
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
56: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
57: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
58: <ul>
59: <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">
60: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
61: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
62: <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">
63: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
1.261 deraadt 64: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.260 deraadt 65: <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">
66: libICE DoS</a><br>
67: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
68: <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">
69: Server overflow</a><br>
70: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
71: <br>
72: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since the
73: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
74: </ul>
75: <br>
76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch>
1.264 marc 77: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
78: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
79: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
80: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
81: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
82: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
83: time /etc/weekly runs.
1.260 deraadt 84: <p>
1.255 deraadt 85: <a name=ftpd></a>
86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
87: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
88: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
1.256 deraadt 89: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
1.255 deraadt 90: <br>
91: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch>
92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
93: <p>
94: <a name=mopd></a>
95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
96: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
97: <br>
98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch>
99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.253 turan 101: <a name=screen></a>
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
103: <br>
104: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
105: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
106: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
107: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
108: <br>
109: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.250 deraadt 112: <a name=libedit></a>
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
114: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
115: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
116: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
117: <br>
118: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.248 beck 121: <a name=dhclient></a>
1.249 beck 122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.248 beck 123: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
124: server to be executed in the shell as root.
125: <br>
126: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.245 deraadt 129: <a name=isakmpd></a>
130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
131: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
132: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
133: <br>
134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.244 deraadt 137: <a name=msdosfs></a>
138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
139: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
140: <br>
141: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
144: <a name=cd9660></a>
145: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
146: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
147: <br>
148: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.242 deraadt 151: <a name=uselogin></a>
1.245 deraadt 152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.242 deraadt 153: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
1.244 deraadt 154: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
155: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.242 deraadt 156: <p>
1.241 deraadt 157: <a name=ipopts></a>
158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
159: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
160: to crash the machine remote or locally.
161: <br>
162: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
165: <a name=route></a>
166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
167: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
168: <br>
169: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
171: <p>
1.238 deraadt 172: <a name=bridge></a>
1.237 deraadt 173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.239 ericj 174: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
1.237 deraadt 175: go directly to the machine acting as a
176: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
177: <br>
178: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
181: <a name=ef></a>
1.236 deraadt 182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
183: The
184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
185: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
186: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
187: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
189: <p>
1.233 kjell 190: <a name=ipf></a>
1.236 deraadt 191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
192: A misuse of
1.234 deraadt 193: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
194: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.233 kjell 195: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
196: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
197: to version 3.3.16.
198: <p>
1.25 deraadt 199: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 200: <p>
1.42 deraadt 201: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 202: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 203: <ul>
1.252 deraadt 204: <a name=xlhash></a>
205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
206: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
207: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
208: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
209: from working.
210: <br>
211: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
213: <p>
1.251 deraadt 214: <a name=ste></a>
215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
216: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
217: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
218: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
219: boot-time.
220: <br>
221: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
223: <p>
224: <a name=pcvt></a>
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
226: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
227: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
228: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
229: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
230: <br>
231: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
1.254 deraadt 232: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
1.251 deraadt 233: <p>
1.247 deraadt 234: <a name=if_an></a>
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
236: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
237: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
238: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
239: <br>
240: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
242: <p>
1.39 deraadt 243: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 244: <p>
1.47 deraadt 245: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 246: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 247: <ul>
1.262 beck 248: <a name=mac68k_arandom></a>
249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
250: <br>
251: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
252: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
1.263 deraadt 253: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
254: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
255: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
1.262 beck 256: <br>
257: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
258: commands as root:
259: <tt><pre>
260: cd /dev
261: ./MAKEDEV arandom
262: </pre></tt>
263: <p>
264: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
265: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
1.25 deraadt 266: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 267: <p>
1.65 deraadt 268: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 269: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 270: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 271: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 272: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 273: <p>
1.93 deraadt 274: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 275: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 276: <ul>
1.246 deraadt 277: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
279: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
280: files for installation, ie:
281: <pre>
282: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
283: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
284: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
285: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
286: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
287: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
288: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
289: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
290: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
291: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
292: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
293: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
294: </pre>
295: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
296: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
297: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
298: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
299: <p>
1.25 deraadt 300: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 301: <p>
1.65 deraadt 302: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 303: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 304: <ul>
1.258 deraadt 305: <a name=pmax_msgbuf></a>
1.257 deraadt 306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
307: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
1.259 deraadt 308: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
309: The neccessary fixes have been merged,
310: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
311: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
1.257 deraadt 312: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
313: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
314: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
315: <br>
316: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch>
317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
318: <p>
1.25 deraadt 319: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 320: <p>
1.65 deraadt 321: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 322: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 323: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 324: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 325: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 326: <p>
1.93 deraadt 327: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 328: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 329: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 330: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 331: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 332: <p>
1.93 deraadt 333: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 334: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 335: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 336: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 337: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 338: <p>
1.93 deraadt 339: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 340: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 341: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 342: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 343: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 344: <p>
1.95 deraadt 345: <a name=powerpc></a>
346: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
347: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 348: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 349: </ul>
350:
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1.25 deraadt 352: <br>
1.75 deraadt 353:
1.25 deraadt 354: <hr>
1.240 jason 355: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 356: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
357: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 358: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 359: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 360: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 361: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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