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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>
1.302 ! jason 48: <a name=rnd</a>
! 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
! 50: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rnd&sektion=4">rnd(4)</a> device does not use all of its input when data is written to it.<br>
! 51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/017_rnd.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
! 52: <p>
1.300 jason 53: <a name=tl></a>
1.301 jason 54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.300 jason 55: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
56: <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>
57: <p>
1.299 ericj 58: <a name=xlock></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
60: 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>
61: <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>
62: <p>
63: 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>
64: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
65: <p>
66: <ul>
67: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
68: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
69: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
70: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
71: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
72: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
73: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
74: </ul>
75: <p>
1.296 ericj 76: <a name=procfs></a>
77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.298 ericj 78: <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>
79: <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>
80: <p>
1.292 deraadt 81: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.294 jufi 83: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 84: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
86: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 87: <p>
1.292 deraadt 88: <a name=fastroute></a>
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
90: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
91: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
92: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 93: <p>
1.290 deraadt 94: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 aaron 96: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
98: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
99: <p>
1.286 deraadt 100: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 102: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
103: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
104: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
105: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 106: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 107: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
108: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
109: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
110: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 111: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.285 deraadt 115: <a name=ftpd></a>
116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
117: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.296 ericj 119: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
1.298 ericj 120: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.285 deraadt 121: <p>
1.284 jason 122: <a name=rijndael> </a>
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 124: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
125: and swap encryption.<br>
126: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 128: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 129: <p>
1.282 deraadt 130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
131: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
132: that kind of important.<br>
133: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 135: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 136: <p>
1.42 deraadt 137: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 138: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 139: <ul>
1.299 ericj 140: <a name=pms></a>
141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
142: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
143: <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>
144: <p>
1.285 deraadt 145: <a name=pcibios></a>
146: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
147: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
148: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
149: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
150: <ul>
151: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
152: option "boot -c".
153: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
154: UKC> disable pcibios
155: UKC> quit
156: </tt></pre>
157: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
158: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
159: permanently.
160: </ul>
161: <p>
1.39 deraadt 162: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 163: <p>
1.47 deraadt 164: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 165: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 166: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 167: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
169: The X packages
170: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
171: and
172: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
173: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
174: added post-install by using the following command:
175: <tt><pre>
176: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
177: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
178: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 179: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 180: <p>
1.65 deraadt 181: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 182: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 183: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 184: <a name=x_sparc></a>
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
186: The X packages
187: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
188: and
189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
190: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
191: added post-install by using the following command:
192: <tt><pre>
193: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
194: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
195: </pre></tt>
196: <p>
197: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
199: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
200: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <p>
1.282 deraadt 203: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
204: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
205: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
206: cause great grief.<br>
207: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 209: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 210: <p>
1.93 deraadt 211: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 212: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 213: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 214: <a name=x_amiga></a>
215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
216: The X packages
217: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
218: and
219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
220: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
221: added post-install by using the following command:
222: <tt><pre>
223: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
224: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
225: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 226: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 227: <p>
1.65 deraadt 228: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 229: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 230: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 231: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 232: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 233: <p>
1.281 deraadt 234: <a name=hp300></a>
235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 236: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 237: <a name=x_hp300></a>
238: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
239: The X packages
240: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
241: and
242: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
243: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
244: added post-install by using the following command:
245: <tt><pre>
246: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
247: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
248: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 249: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 250: <p>
1.281 deraadt 251: <a name=mvme68k></a>
252: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 254: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
256: The X packages
257: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
258: and
259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
260: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
261: added post-install by using the following command:
262: <tt><pre>
263: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
264: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
265: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 266: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 267: <p>
1.281 deraadt 268: <a name=powerpc></a>
269: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 270: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 271: <a name=imacdv></a>
272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
273: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
274: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
275: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
276: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 277: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 278: <p>
1.281 deraadt 279: <a name=vax></a>
280: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 281: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 282: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 283: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 284: <p>
1.281 deraadt 285: <a name=sun3></a>
286: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 287: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 288: <a name=x_sun3></a>
289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
290: The X packages
291: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
292: and
293: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
294: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
295: added post-install by using the following command:
296: <tt><pre>
297: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
298: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
299: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 300: </ul>
301:
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1.25 deraadt 303: <br>
1.75 deraadt 304:
1.25 deraadt 305: <hr>
1.240 jason 306: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 307: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
308: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 309: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 310: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 311: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 312: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 313: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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