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1.281 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.8 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>
1.281 deraadt 29: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.94 deraadt 30: <hr>
31:
1.281 deraadt 32: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8.tar.gz>
1.142 deraadt 33: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
34: This file is updated once a day.
35:
1.240 jason 36: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.281 deraadt 37: <code>OPENBSD_2_8</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.278 ericj 38:
39: <p>
40: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
41: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.142 deraadt 42: <hr>
43:
1.197 deraadt 44: <dl>
1.43 deraadt 45: <a name=all></a>
1.67 deraadt 46: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 47: <ul>
1.292 ! deraadt 48: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
! 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 50: The crypto sybsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
! 51: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
! 52: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
! 53: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
! 54: <a name=fastroute></a>
! 55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 56: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
! 57: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
! 58: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.290 deraadt 59: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.290 deraadt 61: Another problem exists in the kerberos libraries.<br>
62: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
63: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
64: <p>
1.286 deraadt 65: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 67: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
68: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
69: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
70: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 71: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 72: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
73: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
74: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
75: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 76: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 77: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 78: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
79: <p>
1.285 deraadt 80: <a name=ftpd></a>
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
82: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
83: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
84: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
85: <p>
1.284 jason 86: <a name=rijndael> </a>
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 ! deraadt 88: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
! 89: and swap encryption.<br>
! 90: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 91: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 ! deraadt 92: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 93: <p>
1.282 deraadt 94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
95: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
96: that kind of important.<br>
97: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 99: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 100: <p>
1.42 deraadt 101: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 102: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 103: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 104: <a name=pcibios></a>
105: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
106: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
107: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
108: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
109: <ul>
110: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
111: option "boot -c".
112: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
113: UKC> disable pcibios
114: UKC> quit
115: </tt></pre>
116: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
117: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
118: permanently.
119: </ul>
120: <p>
1.39 deraadt 121: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 122: <p>
1.47 deraadt 123: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 124: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 125: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 126: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
128: The X packages
129: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
130: and
131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
132: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
133: added post-install by using the following command:
134: <tt><pre>
135: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
136: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
137: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 138: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 139: <p>
1.65 deraadt 140: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 141: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 142: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 143: <a name=x_sparc></a>
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
145: The X packages
146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
147: and
148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
149: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
150: added post-install by using the following command:
151: <tt><pre>
152: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
153: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
154: </pre></tt>
155: <p>
156: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
158: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
159: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
1.282 deraadt 162: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
164: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
165: cause great grief.<br>
166: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 168: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 169: <p>
1.93 deraadt 170: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 171: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 172: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 173: <a name=x_amiga></a>
174: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
175: The X packages
176: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
177: and
178: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
179: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
180: added post-install by using the following command:
181: <tt><pre>
182: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
183: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
184: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 185: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 186: <p>
1.65 deraadt 187: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 188: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 189: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 190: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 191: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 192: <p>
1.281 deraadt 193: <a name=hp300></a>
194: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 195: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 196: <a name=x_hp300></a>
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
198: The X packages
199: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
200: and
201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
202: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
203: added post-install by using the following command:
204: <tt><pre>
205: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
206: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
207: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 208: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 209: <p>
1.281 deraadt 210: <a name=mvme68k></a>
211: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 212: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 213: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
215: The X packages
216: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
217: and
218: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
219: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
220: added post-install by using the following command:
221: <tt><pre>
222: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
223: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
224: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 225: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 226: <p>
1.281 deraadt 227: <a name=powerpc></a>
228: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 229: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 230: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 231: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 232: <p>
1.281 deraadt 233: <a name=vax></a>
234: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 235: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 236: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 237: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 238: <p>
1.281 deraadt 239: <a name=sun3></a>
240: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 241: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 242: <a name=x_sun3></a>
243: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
244: The X packages
245: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
246: and
247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
248: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
249: added post-install by using the following command:
250: <tt><pre>
251: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
252: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
253: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 254: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 257: <br>
1.75 deraadt 258:
1.25 deraadt 259: <hr>
1.240 jason 260: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 261: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
262: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 263: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 264: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 265: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 266: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 267: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 268: <hr>
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