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                     17: This is the OpenBSD 2.7 release errata &amp; patch list:
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                     22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
                     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>
                     25: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                     26: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                     27: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                     28: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                     29: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                     30: <a href=errata.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                     31: <hr>
                     32:
                     33: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz>
                     34: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
                     35: This file is updated once a day.
                     36:
                     37: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
                     38: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
                     39:
                     40: <p>
                     41: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
                     42: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
                     43: <hr>
                     44:
                     45: <dl>
                     46: <a name=all></a>
                     47: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
                     48: <ul>
1.13      millert    49: <a name=readline></a>
1.14      brad       50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16      horacio    51: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
                     52: with a permissive
                     53: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
                     54: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
                     55: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
                     56: application is mysql).  Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
                     57: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
                     58: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13      millert    59: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
                     60: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
                     61: <p>
1.12      millert    62: <a name=sudo></a>
                     63: <li><font color=#009000><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.17    ! millert    64: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in
1.12      millert    65: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.17    ! millert    66: <br>
1.12      millert    67: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/039_sudo.patch">A
                     68: source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
                     69: <p>
1.11      jason      70: <a name=named></a>
                     71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>038: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
                     72: Merge <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named</a> with ISC BIND 4.9.8-REL, which fixes some buffer vulnerabilities.<br>
                     73: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
                     74: <p>
1.7       millert    75: <a name=ftpd></a>
1.10      millert    76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7       millert    77: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9       millert    78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7       millert    79: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
                     80: <p>
1.4       deraadt    81: <a name=sshforwarding> </a>
1.5       deraadt    82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4       deraadt    83: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
                     84: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.5       deraadt    85: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch>
1.3       deraadt    86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                     87: <p>
1.2       aaron      88: <a name=execsubr> </a>
                     89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                     90: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
                     91: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch>
                     92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                     93: <p>
1.1       deraadt    94: <a name=xtrans> </a>
                     95: <li><font color=#009000><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
                     96: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
                     97: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
                     98: reported to the
                     99: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
                    100: mailing list.
                    101: <br>
                    102: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch>
                    103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    104: <p>
                    105: <a name=httpd></a>
                    106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    107: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
                    108: that could cause arbirtary files accessible to the www user on the server
                    109: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
                    110: (These modules are not active by default).
                    111: <br>
                    112: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch>
                    113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    114: <p>
                    115: <a name=telnetd></a>
                    116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    117: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
                    118: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
                    119: <br>
                    120: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch>
                    121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    122: <p>
                    123: <a name=sendmail></a>
                    124: <li><font color=#009000><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    125: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
                    126: <br>
                    127: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch>
                    128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    129: <p>
                    130: <a name=format_strings></a>
                    131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    132: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
                    133: <br>
                    134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch>
                    135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    136: <p>
                    137: <a name=curses></a>
                    138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    139: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
                    140: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
                    141: applications.
                    142: <br>
                    143: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch>
                    144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    145: <p>
                    146: <a name=talkd></a>
                    147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    148: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8).  It is not clear
                    149: yet what the impact is.
                    150: <br>
                    151: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch>
                    152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    153: <p>
                    154: <a name=pw_error></a>
                    155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    156: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function.  This
                    157: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility.  As a workaround
                    158: which disables its functionality, do
                    159: <pre>
                    160: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
                    161: </pre>
                    162: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch>
                    163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    164: <p>
                    165: <a name=ipsec></a>
                    166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    167: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
                    168: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch><br>
                    169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    170: <p>
                    171: <a name=xlock></a>
                    172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    173: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
                    174: its functionality, do
                    175: <pre>
                    176: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
                    177: </pre>
                    178: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch>
                    179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    180: <p>
                    181: <a name=X11_libs></a>
                    182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    183: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects.  We provide a
                    184: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
                    185: <ul>
                    186:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-05-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0005181947210.17658-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
                    187:     Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
                    188:     This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
                    189:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
                    190:     Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
                    191:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
                    192:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192220220.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
                    193:     libICE DoS</a><br>
                    194:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
                    195:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.10004161835150.863-100000@localhost">
                    196:     Server overflow</a><br>
                    197:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
                    198:     <br>
                    199:     Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since the
                    200:     the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
                    201: </ul>
                    202: <br>
                    203: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch>
                    204: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
                    205: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
                    206: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
                    207: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
                    208: step of the build (makewhatis).  If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
                    209: ignore the build error.   The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
                    210: time /etc/weekly runs.
                    211: <p>
                    212: <a name=ftpd></a>
                    213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    214: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
                    215: ftpd had a remote root hole in it.  Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
                    216: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
                    217: <br>
                    218: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch>
                    219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    220: <p>
                    221: <a name=mopd></a>
                    222: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    223: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
                    224: <br>
                    225: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch>
                    226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    227: <p>
                    228: <a name=screen></a>
                    229: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
                    230: <br>
                    231: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly.  The
                    232: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
                    233: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
                    234: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
                    235: <br>
                    236: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
                    237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    238: <p>
                    239: <a name=libedit></a>
                    240: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    241: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
                    242: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
                    243: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
                    244: <br>
                    245: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
                    246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    247: <p>
                    248: <a name=dhclient></a>
                    249: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    250: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
                    251: server to be executed in the shell as root.
                    252: <br>
                    253: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
                    254: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    255: <p>
                    256: <a name=isakmpd></a>
                    257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    258: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
                    259: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
                    260: <br>
                    261: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
                    262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    263: <p>
                    264: <a name=msdosfs></a>
                    265: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    266: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
                    267: <br>
                    268: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
                    269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    270: <p>
                    271: <a name=cd9660></a>
                    272: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    273: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
                    274: <br>
                    275: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
                    276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    277: <p>
                    278: <a name=uselogin></a>
                    279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    280: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
                    281: be used.  On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
                    282: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
                    283: <p>
                    284: <a name=ipopts></a>
                    285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    286: Parse IPv4 options more carefully.  It is not yet clear if this can even be used
                    287: to crash the machine remote or locally.
                    288: <br>
                    289: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
                    290: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    291: <p>
                    292: <a name=route></a>
                    293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    294: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
                    295: <br>
                    296: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
                    297: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    298: <p>
                    299: <a name=bridge></a>
                    300: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    301: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
                    302: go directly to the machine acting as a
                    303: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
                    304: <br>
                    305: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
                    306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    307: <p>
                    308: <a name=ef></a>
                    309: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    310: The
                    311: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
                    312: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
                    313: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
                    314: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
                    315: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    316: <p>
                    317: <a name=ipf></a>
                    318: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    319: A misuse of
                    320: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
                    321: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
                    322: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
                    323: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
                    324: to version 3.3.16.
                    325: <p>
                    326: </ul>
                    327: <p>
                    328: <a name=i386></a>
                    329: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
                    330: <ul>
                    331: <a name=xlhash></a>
                    332: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    333: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
                    334: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
                    335: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
                    336: from working.
                    337: <br>
                    338: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
                    339: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    340: <p>
                    341: <a name=ste></a>
                    342: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    343: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
                    344: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
                    345: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
                    346: boot-time.
                    347: <br>
                    348: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
                    349: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    350: <p>
                    351: <a name=pcvt></a>
                    352: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    353: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
                    354: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
                    355: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
                    356: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
                    357: <br>
                    358: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
                    359: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
                    360: <p>
                    361: <a name=if_an></a>
                    362: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    363: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
                    364: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
                    365: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
                    366: <br>
                    367: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
                    368: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    369: <p>
                    370: </ul>
                    371: <p>
                    372: <a name=mac68k></a>
                    373: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
                    374: <ul>
                    375: <a name=mac68k_arandom></a>
                    376: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
                    377: <br>
                    378: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
                    379: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
                    380: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work.  The problem shows itself
                    381: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
                    382: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
                    383: <br>
                    384: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
                    385: commands as root:
                    386: <tt><pre>
1.8       deraadt   387: # cd /dev
                    388: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.1       deraadt   389: </pre></tt>
                    390: <p>
                    391: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
                    392: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
                    393: </ul>
                    394: <p>
                    395: <a name=sparc></a>
                    396: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
                    397: <ul>
1.6       jason     398: <a name=qe> </a>
                    399: <li><font color=#009000><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    400: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
                    401: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch>
                    402: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    403: <p>
1.3       deraadt   404: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
1.4       deraadt   405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3       deraadt   406: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
                    407: cause great grief.<br>
                    408: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch>
                    409: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    410: <p>
1.1       deraadt   411: </ul>
                    412: <p>
                    413: <a name=amiga></a>
                    414: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
                    415: <ul>
                    416: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
                    417: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    418: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
                    419: files for installation, ie:
                    420: <pre>
                    421: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
                    422: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
                    423: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
                    424: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
                    425: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
                    426: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
                    427: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
                    428: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
                    429: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
                    430: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
                    431: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
                    432: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
                    433: </pre>
                    434: The installation script will list ALL of these files.  For proper
                    435: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
                    436: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
                    437: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
                    438: <p>
                    439: </ul>
                    440: <p>
                    441: <a name=pmax></a>
                    442: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
                    443: <ul>
                    444: <a name=pmax_msgbuf></a>
                    445: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    446: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
                    447: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
                    448: The neccessary fixes have been merged,
                    449: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
                    450: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
                    451: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
                    452: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
                    453: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
                    454: <br>
                    455: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch>
                    456: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    457: <p>
                    458: </ul>
                    459: <p>
                    460: <a name=arc></a>
                    461: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
                    462: <ul>
                    463: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    464: </ul>
                    465: <p>
                    466: <a name=alpha></a>
                    467: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
                    468: <ul>
                    469: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    470: </ul>
                    471: <p>
                    472: <a name=hp300></a>
                    473: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
                    474: <ul>
                    475: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    476: </ul>
                    477: <p>
                    478: <a name=mvme68k></a>
                    479: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
                    480: <ul>
                    481: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    482: </ul>
                    483: <p>
                    484: <a name=powerpc></a>
                    485: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
                    486: <ul>
                    487: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    488: </ul>
                    489:
                    490: </dl>
                    491: <br>
                    492:
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                    494: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
                    495: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    496: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    497: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    498: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    499: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    500: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    501: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    502: <a href=errata.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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