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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>
1.298 ! 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. <br>
! 51: <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>
! 52: <p>
1.292 deraadt 53: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.294 jufi 55: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 56: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
57: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
58: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 59: <p>
1.292 deraadt 60: <a name=fastroute></a>
61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
62: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
63: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
64: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 65: <p>
1.290 deraadt 66: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 aaron 68: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 69: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
70: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
71: <p>
1.286 deraadt 72: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 74: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
75: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
76: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
77: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 78: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 79: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
80: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
81: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
82: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 83: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 84: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 85: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
86: <p>
1.285 deraadt 87: <a name=ftpd></a>
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
89: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
90: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.296 ericj 91: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
1.298 ! ericj 92: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.285 deraadt 93: <p>
1.284 jason 94: <a name=rijndael> </a>
95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 96: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
97: and swap encryption.<br>
98: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 99: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 100: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 101: <p>
1.282 deraadt 102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
103: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
104: that kind of important.<br>
105: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 107: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 108: <p>
1.42 deraadt 109: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 110: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 111: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 112: <a name=pcibios></a>
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
114: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
115: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
116: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
117: <ul>
118: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
119: option "boot -c".
120: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
121: UKC> disable pcibios
122: UKC> quit
123: </tt></pre>
124: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
125: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
126: permanently.
127: </ul>
128: <p>
1.39 deraadt 129: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 130: <p>
1.47 deraadt 131: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 132: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 133: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 134: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
136: The X packages
137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
138: and
139: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
140: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
141: added post-install by using the following command:
142: <tt><pre>
143: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
144: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
145: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 146: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 147: <p>
1.65 deraadt 148: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 149: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 150: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 151: <a name=x_sparc></a>
152: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
153: The X packages
154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
155: and
156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
157: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
158: added post-install by using the following command:
159: <tt><pre>
160: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
161: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
162: </pre></tt>
163: <p>
164: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
166: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
167: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.282 deraadt 170: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
172: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
173: cause great grief.<br>
174: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 176: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 177: <p>
1.93 deraadt 178: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 179: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 180: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 181: <a name=x_amiga></a>
182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
183: The X packages
184: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
185: and
186: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
187: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
188: added post-install by using the following command:
189: <tt><pre>
190: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
191: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
192: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 193: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 194: <p>
1.65 deraadt 195: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 196: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 197: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 198: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 199: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 200: <p>
1.281 deraadt 201: <a name=hp300></a>
202: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 203: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 204: <a name=x_hp300></a>
205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
206: The X packages
207: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
208: and
209: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
210: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
211: added post-install by using the following command:
212: <tt><pre>
213: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
214: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
215: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 216: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 217: <p>
1.281 deraadt 218: <a name=mvme68k></a>
219: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 220: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 221: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
223: The X packages
224: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
225: and
226: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
227: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
228: added post-install by using the following command:
229: <tt><pre>
230: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
231: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
232: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 233: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 234: <p>
1.281 deraadt 235: <a name=powerpc></a>
236: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 237: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 238: <a name=imacdv></a>
239: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
240: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
241: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
242: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
243: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 244: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 245: <p>
1.281 deraadt 246: <a name=vax></a>
247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 249: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 250: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 251: <p>
1.281 deraadt 252: <a name=sun3></a>
253: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 254: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 255: <a name=x_sun3></a>
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
257: The X packages
258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
259: and
260: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
261: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
262: added post-install by using the following command:
263: <tt><pre>
264: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
265: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
266: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 267: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 270: <br>
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1.25 deraadt 272: <hr>
1.240 jason 273: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 274: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
275: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 276: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 277: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 278: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 279: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 280: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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