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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>
1.300 jason 48: <a name=tl></a>
1.301 ! jason 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.300 jason 50: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/016_tl.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
52: <p>
1.299 ericj 53: <a name=xlock></a>
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
55: Improve xlock(1)'s authentication by authenticating via a pipe in an early forked process. No known vulnerability exists, this is just a precautionary patch.<br>
56: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/014_xlock.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
57: <p>
58: In addition to a source code patch, new xlock binaries have been created for each architecture listed below. Place these binaries at <i>/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>
59: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
60: <p>
61: <ul>
62: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
63: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
64: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
65: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
66: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
67: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
68: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
69: </ul>
70: <p>
1.296 ericj 71: <a name=procfs></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.298 ericj 73: <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>
74: <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>
75: <p>
1.292 deraadt 76: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.294 jufi 78: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 79: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
80: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
81: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 82: <p>
1.292 deraadt 83: <a name=fastroute></a>
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
85: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
86: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
87: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 88: <p>
1.290 deraadt 89: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 aaron 91: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
93: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.286 deraadt 95: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 97: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
98: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
99: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
100: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 101: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 102: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
103: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
104: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
105: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 106: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.285 deraadt 110: <a name=ftpd></a>
111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
112: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
113: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.296 ericj 114: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
1.298 ericj 115: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.285 deraadt 116: <p>
1.284 jason 117: <a name=rijndael> </a>
118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 119: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
120: and swap encryption.<br>
121: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 122: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 123: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 124: <p>
1.282 deraadt 125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
126: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
127: that kind of important.<br>
128: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 130: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 131: <p>
1.42 deraadt 132: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 133: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 134: <ul>
1.299 ericj 135: <a name=pms></a>
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
137: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
138: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/015_pms.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.285 deraadt 140: <a name=pcibios></a>
141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
142: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
143: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
144: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
145: <ul>
146: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
147: option "boot -c".
148: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
149: UKC> disable pcibios
150: UKC> quit
151: </tt></pre>
152: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
153: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
154: permanently.
155: </ul>
156: <p>
1.39 deraadt 157: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 158: <p>
1.47 deraadt 159: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 160: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 161: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 162: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
164: The X packages
165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
166: and
167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
168: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
169: added post-install by using the following command:
170: <tt><pre>
171: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
172: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
173: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 174: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 175: <p>
1.65 deraadt 176: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 177: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 178: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 179: <a name=x_sparc></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/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
183: and
184: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/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>
191: <p>
192: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
194: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
195: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
197: <p>
1.282 deraadt 198: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
200: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
201: cause great grief.<br>
202: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 204: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 205: <p>
1.93 deraadt 206: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 207: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 208: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 209: <a name=x_amiga></a>
210: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
211: The X packages
212: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
213: and
214: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
215: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
216: added post-install by using the following command:
217: <tt><pre>
218: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
219: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
220: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 221: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 222: <p>
1.65 deraadt 223: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 224: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 225: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 226: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 227: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 228: <p>
1.281 deraadt 229: <a name=hp300></a>
230: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 231: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 232: <a name=x_hp300></a>
233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
234: The X packages
235: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
236: and
237: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
238: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
239: added post-install by using the following command:
240: <tt><pre>
241: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
242: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
243: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 244: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 245: <p>
1.281 deraadt 246: <a name=mvme68k></a>
247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 249: <a name=x_mvme68k></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/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
253: and
254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/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>
1.56 deraadt 261: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 262: <p>
1.281 deraadt 263: <a name=powerpc></a>
264: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 265: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 266: <a name=imacdv></a>
267: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
268: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
269: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
270: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
271: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 272: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 273: <p>
1.281 deraadt 274: <a name=vax></a>
275: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 276: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 277: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 278: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 279: <p>
1.281 deraadt 280: <a name=sun3></a>
281: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 282: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 283: <a name=x_sun3></a>
284: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
285: The X packages
286: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
287: and
288: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
289: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
290: added post-install by using the following command:
291: <tt><pre>
292: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
293: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
294: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 295: </ul>
296:
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1.25 deraadt 298: <br>
1.75 deraadt 299:
1.25 deraadt 300: <hr>
1.240 jason 301: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 302: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
303: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 304: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 305: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 306: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 307: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 308: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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