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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>
1.266 jason 43: <a name=ipsec></a>
1.267 ! jason 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.266 jason 45: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
46: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch>
47: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
48: <p>
1.265 deraadt 49: <a name=xlock></a>
50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
51: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
52: it's functionality, do
53: <pre>
54: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
55: </pre>
56: <br>
57: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch>
58: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
59: <p>
1.260 deraadt 60: <a name=X11_libs></a>
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
62: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
63: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
64: <ul>
65: <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">
66: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
67: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
68: <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">
69: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
1.261 deraadt 70: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.260 deraadt 71: <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">
72: libICE DoS</a><br>
73: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
74: <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">
75: Server overflow</a><br>
76: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
77: <br>
78: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since the
79: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
80: </ul>
81: <br>
82: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch>
1.264 marc 83: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
84: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
85: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
86: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
87: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
88: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
89: time /etc/weekly runs.
1.260 deraadt 90: <p>
1.255 deraadt 91: <a name=ftpd></a>
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
93: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
94: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
1.256 deraadt 95: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
1.255 deraadt 96: <br>
97: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch>
98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
99: <p>
100: <a name=mopd></a>
101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
102: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
103: <br>
104: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch>
105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.253 turan 107: <a name=screen></a>
108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
109: <br>
110: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
111: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
112: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
113: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
114: <br>
115: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.250 deraadt 118: <a name=libedit></a>
119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
120: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
121: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
122: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
123: <br>
124: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.248 beck 127: <a name=dhclient></a>
1.249 beck 128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.248 beck 129: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
130: server to be executed in the shell as root.
131: <br>
132: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.245 deraadt 135: <a name=isakmpd></a>
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
137: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
138: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
139: <br>
140: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.244 deraadt 143: <a name=msdosfs></a>
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
145: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
146: <br>
147: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
150: <a name=cd9660></a>
151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
152: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
153: <br>
154: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.242 deraadt 157: <a name=uselogin></a>
1.245 deraadt 158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.242 deraadt 159: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
1.244 deraadt 160: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
161: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
1.242 deraadt 162: <p>
1.241 deraadt 163: <a name=ipopts></a>
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
165: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
166: to crash the machine remote or locally.
167: <br>
168: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <p>
171: <a name=route></a>
172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
173: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
174: <br>
175: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
177: <p>
1.238 deraadt 178: <a name=bridge></a>
1.237 deraadt 179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.239 ericj 180: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
1.237 deraadt 181: go directly to the machine acting as a
182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
183: <br>
184: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
186: <p>
187: <a name=ef></a>
1.236 deraadt 188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
189: The
190: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
191: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
192: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
193: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
195: <p>
1.233 kjell 196: <a name=ipf></a>
1.236 deraadt 197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
198: A misuse of
1.234 deraadt 199: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
200: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.233 kjell 201: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
202: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
203: to version 3.3.16.
204: <p>
1.25 deraadt 205: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 206: <p>
1.42 deraadt 207: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 208: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 209: <ul>
1.252 deraadt 210: <a name=xlhash></a>
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
212: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
213: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
214: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
215: from working.
216: <br>
217: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
219: <p>
1.251 deraadt 220: <a name=ste></a>
221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
222: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
223: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
224: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
225: boot-time.
226: <br>
227: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
229: <p>
230: <a name=pcvt></a>
231: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
232: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
233: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
234: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
235: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
236: <br>
237: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
1.254 deraadt 238: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
1.251 deraadt 239: <p>
1.247 deraadt 240: <a name=if_an></a>
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
242: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
243: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
244: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
245: <br>
246: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
247: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
248: <p>
1.39 deraadt 249: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 250: <p>
1.47 deraadt 251: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 252: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.262 beck 254: <a name=mac68k_arandom></a>
255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
256: <br>
257: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
258: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
1.263 deraadt 259: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
260: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
261: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
1.262 beck 262: <br>
263: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
264: commands as root:
265: <tt><pre>
266: cd /dev
267: ./MAKEDEV arandom
268: </pre></tt>
269: <p>
270: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
271: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
1.25 deraadt 272: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 273: <p>
1.65 deraadt 274: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 275: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 276: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 277: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.39 deraadt 278: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 279: <p>
1.93 deraadt 280: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 281: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 282: <ul>
1.246 deraadt 283: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
285: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
286: files for installation, ie:
287: <pre>
288: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
289: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
290: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
291: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
292: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
293: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
294: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
295: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
296: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
297: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
298: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
299: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
300: </pre>
301: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
302: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
303: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
304: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
305: <p>
1.25 deraadt 306: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 307: <p>
1.65 deraadt 308: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 309: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 310: <ul>
1.258 deraadt 311: <a name=pmax_msgbuf></a>
1.257 deraadt 312: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
313: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
1.259 deraadt 314: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
315: The neccessary fixes have been merged,
316: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
317: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
1.257 deraadt 318: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
319: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
320: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
321: <br>
322: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch>
323: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
324: <p>
1.25 deraadt 325: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 326: <p>
1.65 deraadt 327: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 328: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 329: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 330: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 331: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 332: <p>
1.93 deraadt 333: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 334: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 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=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 340: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 341: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 342: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 343: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 344: <p>
1.93 deraadt 345: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 346: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 347: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 348: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 349: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 350: <p>
1.95 deraadt 351: <a name=powerpc></a>
352: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
353: <ul>
1.198 deraadt 354: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.144 deraadt 355: </ul>
356:
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1.25 deraadt 358: <br>
1.75 deraadt 359:
1.25 deraadt 360: <hr>
1.240 jason 361: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 362: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
363: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 364: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 365: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 366: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 367: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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