Annotation of www/errata.html, Revision 1.297
1.1 deraadt 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML Strict//EN">
2: <html>
3: <head>
1.281 deraadt 4: <title>OpenBSD 2.8 errata</title>
1.1 deraadt 5: <link rev=made href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>
6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
7: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD CD errata page">
8: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,cd,errata">
9: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.107 deraadt 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1997-1998 by OpenBSD.">
1.1 deraadt 11: </head>
12:
13: <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#23238E">
14:
1.127 pauls 15: <img alt="[OpenBSD]" height=30 width=141 SRC="images/smalltitle.gif">
1.68 deraadt 16: <h2><font color=#0000e0>
1.281 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.8 release errata & patch list:
1.94 deraadt 18:
1.96 deraadt 19: </font></h2>
20:
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>
1.297 ! ericj 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. Procfs is NOT enabled by default in OpenBSD. <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>
1.285 deraadt 90: <p>
1.284 jason 91: <a name=rijndael> </a>
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 93: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
94: and swap encryption.<br>
95: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 96: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 97: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 98: <p>
1.282 deraadt 99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
100: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
101: that kind of important.<br>
102: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 104: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 105: <p>
1.42 deraadt 106: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 107: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 108: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 109: <a name=pcibios></a>
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
111: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
112: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
113: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
114: <ul>
115: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
116: option "boot -c".
117: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
118: UKC> disable pcibios
119: UKC> quit
120: </tt></pre>
121: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
122: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
123: permanently.
124: </ul>
125: <p>
1.39 deraadt 126: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 127: <p>
1.47 deraadt 128: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 129: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 130: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 131: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
133: The X packages
134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
135: and
136: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
137: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
138: added post-install by using the following command:
139: <tt><pre>
140: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
141: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
142: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 143: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 144: <p>
1.65 deraadt 145: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 146: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 147: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 148: <a name=x_sparc></a>
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
150: The X packages
151: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
152: and
153: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
154: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
155: added post-install by using the following command:
156: <tt><pre>
157: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
158: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
159: </pre></tt>
160: <p>
161: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
163: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
164: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <p>
1.282 deraadt 167: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
169: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
170: cause great grief.<br>
171: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 173: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 174: <p>
1.93 deraadt 175: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 176: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 177: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 178: <a name=x_amiga></a>
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
180: The X packages
181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
182: and
183: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
184: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
185: added post-install by using the following command:
186: <tt><pre>
187: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
188: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
189: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 190: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 191: <p>
1.65 deraadt 192: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 193: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 194: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 195: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 196: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 197: <p>
1.281 deraadt 198: <a name=hp300></a>
199: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 200: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 201: <a name=x_hp300></a>
202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
203: The X packages
204: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
205: and
206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
207: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
208: added post-install by using the following command:
209: <tt><pre>
210: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
211: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
212: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 213: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 214: <p>
1.281 deraadt 215: <a name=mvme68k></a>
216: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 217: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 218: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
220: The X packages
221: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
222: and
223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
224: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
225: added post-install by using the following command:
226: <tt><pre>
227: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
228: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
229: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 230: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 231: <p>
1.281 deraadt 232: <a name=powerpc></a>
233: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 234: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 235: <a name=imacdv></a>
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
237: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
238: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
239: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
240: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 241: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 242: <p>
1.281 deraadt 243: <a name=vax></a>
244: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 245: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 246: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 247: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 248: <p>
1.281 deraadt 249: <a name=sun3></a>
250: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 251: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 252: <a name=x_sun3></a>
253: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
254: The X packages
255: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
256: and
257: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
258: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
259: added post-install by using the following command:
260: <tt><pre>
261: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
262: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
263: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 264: </ul>
265:
1.197 deraadt 266: </dl>
1.25 deraadt 267: <br>
1.75 deraadt 268:
1.25 deraadt 269: <hr>
1.240 jason 270: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 271: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
272: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 273: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 274: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 275: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 276: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 277: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 278: <hr>
1.176 deraadt 279:
1.186 deraadt 280: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.2 deraadt 281: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
1.297 ! ericj 282: <br><small>$OpenBSD: errata.html,v 1.296 2000/12/19 20:13:51 ericj Exp $</small>
1.2 deraadt 283:
284: </body>
285: </html>