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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>
1.296 ! ericj 48: <a name=procfs></a>
! 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
! 50: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_procfs&sektion=8">procfs</a> contained numerous overflows, which could lead an intruder to root permissions. <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/013_procfs.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.292 deraadt 51: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
52: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.294 jufi 53: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 54: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
55: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
56: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 57: <p>
1.292 deraadt 58: <a name=fastroute></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
60: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
61: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
62: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 63: <p>
1.290 deraadt 64: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 aaron 66: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 67: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
68: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
69: <p>
1.286 deraadt 70: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 72: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
73: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
74: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
75: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 76: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 77: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
78: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
79: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
80: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 81: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 82: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 83: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
84: <p>
1.285 deraadt 85: <a name=ftpd></a>
86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
87: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
88: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.296 ! ericj 89: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
! 90: You can view the <a href="advisories/replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory Here</a>.
1.285 deraadt 91: <p>
1.284 jason 92: <a name=rijndael> </a>
93: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 94: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
95: and swap encryption.<br>
96: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 98: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 99: <p>
1.282 deraadt 100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
101: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
102: that kind of important.<br>
103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 105: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 106: <p>
1.42 deraadt 107: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 108: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 109: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 110: <a name=pcibios></a>
111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
112: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
113: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
114: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
115: <ul>
116: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
117: option "boot -c".
118: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
119: UKC> disable pcibios
120: UKC> quit
121: </tt></pre>
122: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
123: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
124: permanently.
125: </ul>
126: <p>
1.39 deraadt 127: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 128: <p>
1.47 deraadt 129: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 130: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 131: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 132: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
134: The X packages
135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
136: and
137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
138: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
139: added post-install by using the following command:
140: <tt><pre>
141: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
142: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
143: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 144: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 145: <p>
1.65 deraadt 146: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 147: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 148: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 149: <a name=x_sparc></a>
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
151: The X packages
152: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
153: and
154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
155: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
156: added post-install by using the following command:
157: <tt><pre>
158: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
159: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
160: </pre></tt>
161: <p>
162: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
164: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
165: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.282 deraadt 168: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
170: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
171: cause great grief.<br>
172: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 174: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 175: <p>
1.93 deraadt 176: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 177: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 178: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 179: <a name=x_amiga></a>
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
181: The X packages
182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
183: and
184: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
185: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
186: added post-install by using the following command:
187: <tt><pre>
188: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
189: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
190: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 191: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 192: <p>
1.65 deraadt 193: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 194: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 195: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 196: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 197: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 198: <p>
1.281 deraadt 199: <a name=hp300></a>
200: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 201: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 202: <a name=x_hp300></a>
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
204: The X packages
205: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
206: and
207: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
208: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
209: added post-install by using the following command:
210: <tt><pre>
211: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
212: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
213: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 214: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 215: <p>
1.281 deraadt 216: <a name=mvme68k></a>
217: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 218: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 219: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
220: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
221: The X packages
222: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
223: and
224: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
225: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
226: added post-install by using the following command:
227: <tt><pre>
228: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
229: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
230: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 231: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 232: <p>
1.281 deraadt 233: <a name=powerpc></a>
234: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 235: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 236: <a name=imacdv></a>
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
238: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
239: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
240: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
241: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 242: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 243: <p>
1.281 deraadt 244: <a name=vax></a>
245: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 246: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 247: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 248: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 249: <p>
1.281 deraadt 250: <a name=sun3></a>
251: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 252: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 253: <a name=x_sun3></a>
254: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
255: The X packages
256: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
257: and
258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
259: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
260: added post-install by using the following command:
261: <tt><pre>
262: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
263: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
264: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 265: </ul>
266:
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1.25 deraadt 268: <br>
1.75 deraadt 269:
1.25 deraadt 270: <hr>
1.240 jason 271: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 272: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
273: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 274: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 275: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 276: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 277: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 278: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 279: <hr>
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