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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>
1.305 jason 48: <a name=named></a>
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.306 ! deraadt 50: Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named</a>
! 51: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
! 52: that these were already impossible to exloit beforehands).<br>
1.305 jason 53: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/018_named.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
54: <p>
1.303 jason 55: <a name=rnd></a>
1.302 jason 56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.304 jason 57: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4">rnd(4)</a> device does not use all of its input when data is written to it.<br>
1.302 jason 58: <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>
59: <p>
1.300 jason 60: <a name=tl></a>
1.301 jason 61: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.300 jason 62: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
63: <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>
64: <p>
1.299 ericj 65: <a name=xlock></a>
66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
67: 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>
68: <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>
69: <p>
70: 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>
71: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
72: <p>
73: <ul>
74: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
75: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
76: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
77: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
78: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
79: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
80: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
81: </ul>
82: <p>
1.296 ericj 83: <a name=procfs></a>
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.298 ericj 85: <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>
86: <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>
87: <p>
1.292 deraadt 88: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.294 jufi 90: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 91: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
93: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 94: <p>
1.292 deraadt 95: <a name=fastroute></a>
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
97: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
99: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 100: <p>
1.290 deraadt 101: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 aaron 103: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 104: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
105: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.286 deraadt 107: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 109: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
110: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
111: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
112: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 113: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 114: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
115: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
116: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
117: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 118: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.285 deraadt 122: <a name=ftpd></a>
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
124: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.296 ericj 126: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
1.298 ericj 127: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.285 deraadt 128: <p>
1.284 jason 129: <a name=rijndael> </a>
130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 131: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
132: and swap encryption.<br>
133: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 135: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 136: <p>
1.282 deraadt 137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
138: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
139: that kind of important.<br>
140: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 142: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 143: <p>
1.42 deraadt 144: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 145: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 146: <ul>
1.299 ericj 147: <a name=pms></a>
148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
149: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
150: <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>
151: <p>
1.285 deraadt 152: <a name=pcibios></a>
153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
154: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
155: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
156: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
157: <ul>
158: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
159: option "boot -c".
160: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
161: UKC> disable pcibios
162: UKC> quit
163: </tt></pre>
164: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
165: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
166: permanently.
167: </ul>
168: <p>
1.39 deraadt 169: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 170: <p>
1.47 deraadt 171: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 172: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 173: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 174: <a name=x_mac68k></a>
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
176: The X packages
177: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
178: and
179: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
180: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
181: added post-install by using the following command:
182: <tt><pre>
183: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
184: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
185: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 186: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 187: <p>
1.65 deraadt 188: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 189: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 190: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 191: <a name=x_sparc></a>
192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
193: The X packages
194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
195: and
196: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
197: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
198: added post-install by using the following command:
199: <tt><pre>
200: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
201: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
202: </pre></tt>
203: <p>
204: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
206: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
207: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
209: <p>
1.282 deraadt 210: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
211: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
212: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
213: cause great grief.<br>
214: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 216: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 217: <p>
1.93 deraadt 218: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 219: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 220: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 221: <a name=x_amiga></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/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
225: and
226: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/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>
1.25 deraadt 233: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 234: <p>
1.65 deraadt 235: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 236: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 237: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 238: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 239: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 240: <p>
1.281 deraadt 241: <a name=hp300></a>
242: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 243: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 244: <a name=x_hp300></a>
245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
246: The X packages
247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
248: and
249: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
250: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
251: added post-install by using the following command:
252: <tt><pre>
253: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
254: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
255: </pre></tt>
1.59 deraadt 256: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 257: <p>
1.281 deraadt 258: <a name=mvme68k></a>
259: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 260: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 261: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
262: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
263: The X packages
264: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
265: and
266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
267: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
268: added post-install by using the following command:
269: <tt><pre>
270: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
271: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
272: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 273: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 274: <p>
1.281 deraadt 275: <a name=powerpc></a>
276: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 277: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 278: <a name=imacdv></a>
279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
280: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
281: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
282: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/012_imacdv.patch">
283: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 284: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 285: <p>
1.281 deraadt 286: <a name=vax></a>
287: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 288: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 289: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 290: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 291: <p>
1.281 deraadt 292: <a name=sun3></a>
293: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 294: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 295: <a name=x_sun3></a>
296: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
297: The X packages
298: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
299: and
300: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
301: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
302: added post-install by using the following command:
303: <tt><pre>
304: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
305: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
306: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 307: </ul>
308:
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1.25 deraadt 310: <br>
1.75 deraadt 311:
1.25 deraadt 312: <hr>
1.240 jason 313: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 314: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
315: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 316: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 317: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 318: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 319: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 320: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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