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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>
1.310 ! beck 48: <a name=libwrap></a>
! 49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Feb 15, 2001</strong></font><br>
! 50: Client side ident protocol was broken in libwrap, affecting anything using libwrap including <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpd&sektion=8">tcpd</a>. The effect of this was that libwrap would never retrieve and log ident values from remote hosts on connections.
! 51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/020_libwrap.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
! 52: <p>
1.308 jason 53: <a name=lepci></a>
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Jan 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
55: Fix memory allocation in the PCI LANCE driver, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4&arch=i386">le</a>. A side effect of this is that OpenBSD under VMWare now works again.<br>
56: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/019_lepci.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
57: <p>
1.305 jason 58: <a name=named></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.306 deraadt 60: Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named</a>
61: with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities (actually it appears
1.307 jason 62: that these were already impossible to exploit beforehands).<br>
1.305 jason 63: <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>
64: <p>
1.303 jason 65: <a name=rnd></a>
1.302 jason 66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: SECURITY FIX: Jan 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.304 jason 67: 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 68: <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>
69: <p>
1.300 jason 70: <a name=tl></a>
1.301 jason 71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: RELIABILITY FIX: Jan 4, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.300 jason 72: Allow ThunderLAN cards to share interrupts nicely.<br>
73: <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>
74: <p>
1.299 ericj 75: <a name=xlock></a>
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: SECURITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
77: 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>
78: <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>
79: <p>
80: 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>
81: and <i>chmod 4755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock</i>.
82: <p>
83: <ul>
84: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/i386/xlock">Xlock - i386</a>
85: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/xlock">Xlock - sparc</a>
86: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mac68k/xlock">Xlock - mac68k</a>
87: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/xlock">Xlock - powerpc</a>
88: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/amiga/xlock">Xlock - amiga</a>
89: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/hp300/xlock">Xlock - hp300</a>
90: <li><a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/mvme68k/xlock">Xlock - mvme68k</a>
91: </ul>
92: <p>
1.296 ericj 93: <a name=procfs></a>
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: Dec 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.298 ericj 95: <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>
96: <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>
97: <p>
1.292 deraadt 98: <a name=hwcrypto></a>
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 13, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.294 jufi 100: The crypto subsystem could incorrectly fail to run certain software ciphers,
1.292 deraadt 101: if a hardware card existed in the machine.<br>
102: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/011_hwcrypto.patch">
103: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 104: <p>
1.292 deraadt 105: <a name=fastroute></a>
106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: RELIABILITY FIX: Dec 11, 2000</strong></font><br>
107: A crash could occur during fast routing, if IPSEC was enabled.<br>
108: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/010_fastroute.patch">
109: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.293 deraadt 110: <p>
1.290 deraadt 111: <a name=kerberos2></a>
1.291 deraadt 112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: Dec 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.295 aaron 113: Another problem exists in the Kerberos libraries.<br>
1.290 deraadt 114: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/009_kerberos2.patch">
115: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.286 deraadt 117: <a name=kerberos></a>
1.288 deraadt 118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: SECURITY FIX: Dec 7, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.286 deraadt 119: Two problems have recently been discovered in the KerberosIV code.<p>
120: 1. A symlink problem was discovered in the KerberosIV password checking
121: routines /usr/bin/su and /usr/bin/login, which makes it possible for a
122: local user to overwrite any file on the local machine.<p>
1.287 jufi 123: 2. It is possible to specify environment variables in telnet
1.286 deraadt 124: which will be passed over the to the remote host. This makes it
125: possible to set environment variables on the remote side, including
126: ones that have special meaning on the server. It is not clear at this
127: time what the impact is, but we recommend everyone to upgrade their
1.289 jufi 128: machines immediately.<p>
1.288 deraadt 129: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/008_kerberos.patch">
1.286 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.285 deraadt 132: <a name=ftpd></a>
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
134: OpenBSD 2.8's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/005_ftpd.patch">
1.296 ericj 136: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
1.298 ericj 137: You can view the <a href="advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt">OpenBSD Advisory</a> here.
1.285 deraadt 138: <p>
1.284 jason 139: <a name=rijndael> </a>
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.292 deraadt 141: First off, AES (rijndael) encryption and decryption were broken for IPSec
142: and swap encryption.<br>
143: Secondly, the AES code did not work properly on big endian machines.<br>
1.284 jason 144: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/004_rijndael.patch">
1.292 deraadt 145: A second revision source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.284 jason 146: <p>
1.282 deraadt 147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: IMPLEMENTATION FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
148: In ssh(1), skey support for SSH1 protocol was broken. Some people might consider
149: that kind of important.<br>
150: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/002_sshskey.patch>
151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.25 deraadt 152: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 153: <p>
1.42 deraadt 154: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 155: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 156: <ul>
1.299 ericj 157: <a name=pms></a>
158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: STABILITY FIX: Dec 22, 2000</strong></font><br>
159: Some machines locked up while trying to use the mouse in console mode. This patch solves that problem.<br>
160: <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>
161: <p>
1.285 deraadt 162: <a name=pcibios></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: STABILITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
164: On some machines, a PCIBIOS device driver interrupt allocation bug can cause a
165: kernel hang while probing PCI devices. If you have this symptom, you can disable
166: PCIBIOS as a workaround. To do this,
167: <ul>
168: <li>Enter the User Kernel Configuration by booting with the
169: option "boot -c".
170: <li>Once at the <i>UKC></i> prompt, enter <pre><tt>
171: UKC> disable pcibios
172: UKC> quit
173: </tt></pre>
174: <li>See <a href="./faq/faq5.html#5.6">FAQ 5.6</a> after a successful
175: boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel to disable PCIBIOS
176: permanently.
177: </ul>
178: <p>
1.39 deraadt 179: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 180: <p>
1.47 deraadt 181: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 182: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 183: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 184: <a name=x_mac68k></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/mac68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
188: and
189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mac68k/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>
1.25 deraadt 196: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 197: <p>
1.65 deraadt 198: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 199: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 200: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 201: <a name=x_sparc></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/sparc/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
205: and
206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sparc/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>
213: <p>
214: <a name=qe></a>
1.284 jason 215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
216: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
217: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/003_qe.patch>
218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
219: <p>
1.282 deraadt 220: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
222: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
223: cause great grief.<br>
224: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/sparc/001_zsconsole.patch>
225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.39 deraadt 226: </ul>
1.177 deraadt 227: <p>
1.93 deraadt 228: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 229: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 230: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 231: <a name=x_amiga></a>
232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
233: The X packages
234: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
235: and
236: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/amiga/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
237: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
238: added post-install by using the following command:
239: <tt><pre>
240: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
241: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
242: </pre></tt>
1.25 deraadt 243: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 244: <p>
1.65 deraadt 245: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 246: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 247: <ul>
1.281 deraadt 248: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 249: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 250: <p>
1.281 deraadt 251: <a name=hp300></a>
252: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 254: <a name=x_hp300></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/hp300/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
258: and
259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/hp300/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>
1.59 deraadt 266: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 267: <p>
1.281 deraadt 268: <a name=mvme68k></a>
269: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 270: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 271: <a name=x_mvme68k></a>
272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
273: The X packages
274: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
275: and
276: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/mvme68k/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
277: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
278: added post-install by using the following command:
279: <tt><pre>
280: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
281: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
282: </pre></tt>
1.56 deraadt 283: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 284: <p>
1.281 deraadt 285: <a name=powerpc></a>
286: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
1.110 millert 287: <ul>
1.293 deraadt 288: <a name=imacdv></a>
289: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
290: The IMac DV+ (and probably some other machines) incorrectly identify their video
291: hardware, but it is possible to work around the problem.<br>
1.309 jason 292: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/powerpc/012_imacdv.patch">
1.293 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
1.56 deraadt 294: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 295: <p>
1.281 deraadt 296: <a name=vax></a>
297: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>vax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 298: <ul>
1.232 deraadt 299: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 300: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 301: <p>
1.281 deraadt 302: <a name=sun3></a>
303: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sun3</font></h3>
1.95 deraadt 304: <ul>
1.285 deraadt 305: <a name=x_sun3></a>
306: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: INSTALL PROBLEM: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
307: The X packages
308: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xshare28.tgz">share28.tgz</a>
309: and
310: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.8/sun3/xfont28.tgz">font28.tgz</a>
311: were not on the CD, and only available via FTP install. These packages can be
312: added post-install by using the following command:
313: <tt><pre>
314: # cd /; tar xvfpz xshare28.tgz
315: # cd /; tar xvfpz xfont28.tgz
316: </pre></tt>
1.144 deraadt 317: </ul>
318:
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1.25 deraadt 320: <br>
1.75 deraadt 321:
1.25 deraadt 322: <hr>
1.240 jason 323: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.93 deraadt 324: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
325: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 326: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.176 deraadt 327: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.198 deraadt 328: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.232 deraadt 329: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.281 deraadt 330: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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