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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>
1.294 jufi 50: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 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>
1.293 deraadt 54: <p>
1.292 deraadt 55: <a name=fastroute></a>
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
57: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
58: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
59: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 60: <p>
1.290 deraadt 61: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 ! aaron 63: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 64: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
65: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
66: <p>
1.286 deraadt 67: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 69: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
70: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
71: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
72: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 73: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 74: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
75: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
76: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
77: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 78: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 80: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.285 deraadt 82: <a name=ftpd></a>
83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
84: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
86: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
87: <p>
1.284 jason 88: <a name=rijndael> </a>
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 90: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
91: and swap encryption.<br>
92: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 93: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 94: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 95: <p>
1.282 deraadt 96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
97: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
98: that kind of important.<br>
99: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 101: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 102: <p>
1.42 deraadt 103: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 104: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 105: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 106: <a name=pcibios></a>
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
108: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
109: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
110: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
111: <ul>
112: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
113: option "boot -c".
114: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
115: UKC> disable pcibios
116: UKC> quit
117: </tt></pre>
118: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
119: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
120: permanently.
121: </ul>
122: <p>
1.39 deraadt 123: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 124: <p>
1.47 deraadt 125: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 126: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 127: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 128: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
130: The X packages
131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
132: and
133: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
134: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
135: added post-install by using the following command:
136: <tt><pre>
137: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
138: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
139: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 140: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 141: <p>
1.65 deraadt 142: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 143: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 144: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 145: <a name=x_sparc></a>
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
147: The X packages
148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
149: and
150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
151: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
152: added post-install by using the following command:
153: <tt><pre>
154: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
155: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
156: </pre></tt>
157: <p>
158: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
160: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
161: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.282 deraadt 164: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
166: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
167: cause great grief.<br>
168: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 170: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 171: <p>
1.93 deraadt 172: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 173: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 174: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 175: <a name=x_amiga></a>
176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
177: The X packages
178: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
179: and
180: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
181: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
182: added post-install by using the following command:
183: <tt><pre>
184: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
185: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
186: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 187: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 188: <p>
1.65 deraadt 189: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 190: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 191: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 192: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 193: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 194: <p>
1.281 deraadt 195: <a name=hp300></a>
196: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 197: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 198: <a name=x_hp300></a>
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
200: The X packages
201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
202: and
203: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
204: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
205: added post-install by using the following command:
206: <tt><pre>
207: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
208: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
209: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 210: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 211: <p>
1.281 deraadt 212: <a name=mvme68k></a>
213: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 214: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 215: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
217: The X packages
218: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
219: and
220: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
221: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
222: added post-install by using the following command:
223: <tt><pre>
224: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
225: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
226: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 227: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 228: <p>
1.281 deraadt 229: <a name=powerpc></a>
230: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 231: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 232: <a name=imacdv></a>
233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
234: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
235: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
236: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
237: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 238: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 239: <p>
1.281 deraadt 240: <a name=vax></a>
241: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 242: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 243: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 244: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 245: <p>
1.281 deraadt 246: <a name=sun3></a>
247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 249: <a name=x_sun3></a>
250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
251: The X packages
252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
253: and
254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
255: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
256: added post-install by using the following command:
257: <tt><pre>
258: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
259: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
260: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 261: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 264: <br>
1.75 deraadt 265:
1.25 deraadt 266: <hr>
1.240 jason 267: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 268: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
269: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 270: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 271: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 272: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 273: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 274: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 275: <hr>
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