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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>
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                     33:
                     34: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz>
                     35: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
                     36: This file is updated once a day.
                     37:
                     38: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
                     39: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
                     40:
                     41: <p>
                     42: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
                     43: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
                     44: <hr>
                     45:
                     46: <dl>
                     47: <a name=all></a>
                     48: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
                     49: <ul>
1.13      millert    50: <a name=readline></a>
1.14      brad       51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16      horacio    52: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
                     53: with a permissive
                     54: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
                     55: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
                     56: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
                     57: application is mysql).  Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
                     58: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
                     59: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13      millert    60: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
                     61: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
                     62: <p>
1.12      millert    63: <a name=sudo></a>
                     64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.17      millert    65: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in
1.12      millert    66: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.17      millert    67: <br>
1.12      millert    68: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/039_sudo.patch">A
                     69: source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
                     70: <p>
1.11      jason      71: <a name=named></a>
                     72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>038: SECURITY FIX: Jan 29, 2001</strong></font><br>
                     73: 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>
                     74: <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>
                     75: <p>
1.7       millert    76: <a name=ftpd></a>
1.10      millert    77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7       millert    78: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9       millert    79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7       millert    80: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
                     81: <p>
1.4       deraadt    82: <a name=sshforwarding> </a>
1.5       deraadt    83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4       deraadt    84: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
                     85: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.5       deraadt    86: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch>
1.3       deraadt    87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                     88: <p>
1.2       aaron      89: <a name=execsubr> </a>
                     90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                     91: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
                     92: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch>
                     93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                     94: <p>
1.1       deraadt    95: <a name=xtrans> </a>
                     96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
                     97: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
                     98: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
                     99: reported to the
                    100: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
                    101: mailing list.
                    102: <br>
                    103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch>
                    104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    105: <p>
                    106: <a name=httpd></a>
                    107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    108: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
                    109: that could cause arbirtary files accessible to the www user on the server
                    110: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
                    111: (These modules are not active by default).
                    112: <br>
                    113: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch>
                    114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    115: <p>
                    116: <a name=telnetd></a>
                    117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    118: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
                    119: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
                    120: <br>
                    121: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch>
                    122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    123: <p>
                    124: <a name=sendmail></a>
                    125: <li><font color=#009000><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    126: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
                    127: <br>
                    128: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch>
                    129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    130: <p>
                    131: <a name=format_strings></a>
                    132: <li><font color=#009000><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    133: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
                    134: <br>
                    135: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch>
                    136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    137: <p>
                    138: <a name=curses></a>
                    139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    140: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
                    141: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
                    142: applications.
                    143: <br>
                    144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch>
                    145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    146: <p>
                    147: <a name=talkd></a>
                    148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    149: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8).  It is not clear
                    150: yet what the impact is.
                    151: <br>
                    152: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch>
                    153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    154: <p>
                    155: <a name=pw_error></a>
                    156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    157: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function.  This
                    158: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility.  As a workaround
                    159: which disables its functionality, do
                    160: <pre>
                    161: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
                    162: </pre>
                    163: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch>
                    164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    165: <p>
                    166: <a name=ipsec></a>
                    167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    168: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
                    169: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch><br>
                    170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    171: <p>
                    172: <a name=xlock></a>
                    173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    174: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
                    175: its functionality, do
                    176: <pre>
                    177: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
                    178: </pre>
                    179: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch>
                    180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    181: <p>
                    182: <a name=X11_libs></a>
                    183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    184: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects.  We provide a
                    185: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
                    186: <ul>
                    187:     <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">
                    188:     Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
                    189:     This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
                    190:     <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">
                    191:     Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
                    192:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
                    193:     <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">
                    194:     libICE DoS</a><br>
                    195:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
                    196:     <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">
                    197:     Server overflow</a><br>
                    198:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
                    199:     <br>
                    200:     Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since the
                    201:     the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
                    202: </ul>
                    203: <br>
                    204: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch>
                    205: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
                    206: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
                    207: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
                    208: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
                    209: step of the build (makewhatis).  If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
                    210: ignore the build error.   The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
                    211: time /etc/weekly runs.
                    212: <p>
                    213: <a name=ftpd></a>
                    214: <li><font color=#009000><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    215: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
                    216: ftpd had a remote root hole in it.  Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
                    217: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
                    218: <br>
                    219: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch>
                    220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    221: <p>
                    222: <a name=mopd></a>
                    223: <li><font color=#009000><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    224: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
                    225: <br>
                    226: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch>
                    227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    228: <p>
                    229: <a name=screen></a>
                    230: <li><font color=#009000><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
                    231: <br>
                    232: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly.  The
                    233: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
                    234: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
                    235: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
                    236: <br>
                    237: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch>
                    238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    239: <p>
                    240: <a name=libedit></a>
                    241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    242: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
                    243: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
                    244: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
                    245: <br>
                    246: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch>
                    247: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    248: <p>
                    249: <a name=dhclient></a>
                    250: <li><font color=#009000><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    251: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
                    252: server to be executed in the shell as root.
                    253: <br>
                    254: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch>
                    255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    256: <p>
                    257: <a name=isakmpd></a>
                    258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    259: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
                    260: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
                    261: <br>
                    262: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch>
                    263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    264: <p>
                    265: <a name=msdosfs></a>
                    266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    267: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
                    268: <br>
                    269: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch>
                    270: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    271: <p>
                    272: <a name=cd9660></a>
                    273: <li><font color=#009000><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    274: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
                    275: <br>
                    276: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch>
                    277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    278: <p>
                    279: <a name=uselogin></a>
                    280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    281: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
                    282: be used.  On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
                    283: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
                    284: <p>
                    285: <a name=ipopts></a>
                    286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    287: Parse IPv4 options more carefully.  It is not yet clear if this can even be used
                    288: to crash the machine remote or locally.
                    289: <br>
                    290: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch>
                    291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    292: <p>
                    293: <a name=route></a>
                    294: <li><font color=#009000><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    295: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
                    296: <br>
                    297: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch>
                    298: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    299: <p>
                    300: <a name=bridge></a>
                    301: <li><font color=#009000><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    302: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
                    303: go directly to the machine acting as a
                    304: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
                    305: <br>
                    306: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch>
                    307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    308: <p>
                    309: <a name=ef></a>
                    310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    311: The
                    312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
                    313: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
                    314: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
                    315: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch>
                    316: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    317: <p>
                    318: <a name=ipf></a>
                    319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    320: A misuse of
                    321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipf&sektion=8">ipf(8)</a>
                    322: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
                    323: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch>
                    324: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
                    325: to version 3.3.16.
                    326: <p>
                    327: </ul>
                    328: <p>
                    329: <a name=i386></a>
                    330: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
                    331: <ul>
                    332: <a name=xlhash></a>
                    333: <li><font color=#009000><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    334: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
                    335: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
                    336: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
                    337: from working.
                    338: <br>
                    339: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch>
                    340: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    341: <p>
                    342: <a name=ste></a>
                    343: <li><font color=#009000><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    344: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
                    345: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
                    346: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
                    347: boot-time.
                    348: <br>
                    349: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch>
                    350: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    351: <p>
                    352: <a name=pcvt></a>
                    353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    354: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
                    355: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
                    356: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
                    357: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
                    358: <br>
                    359: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch>
                    360: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
                    361: <p>
                    362: <a name=if_an></a>
                    363: <li><font color=#009000><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    364: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
                    365: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
                    366: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
                    367: <br>
                    368: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch>
                    369: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    370: <p>
                    371: </ul>
                    372: <p>
                    373: <a name=mac68k></a>
                    374: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
                    375: <ul>
                    376: <a name=mac68k_arandom></a>
                    377: <li><font color=#009000><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
                    378: <br>
                    379: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
                    380: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
                    381: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work.  The problem shows itself
                    382: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
                    383: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
                    384: <br>
                    385: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
                    386: commands as root:
                    387: <tt><pre>
1.8       deraadt   388: # cd /dev
                    389: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.1       deraadt   390: </pre></tt>
                    391: <p>
                    392: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
                    393: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
                    394: </ul>
                    395: <p>
                    396: <a name=sparc></a>
                    397: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
                    398: <ul>
1.6       jason     399: <a name=qe> </a>
                    400: <li><font color=#009000><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    401: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
                    402: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch>
                    403: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    404: <p>
1.3       deraadt   405: <a name=zsconsole> </a>
1.4       deraadt   406: <li><font color=#009000><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3       deraadt   407: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
                    408: cause great grief.<br>
                    409: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch>
                    410: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    411: <p>
1.1       deraadt   412: </ul>
                    413: <p>
                    414: <a name=amiga></a>
                    415: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
                    416: <ul>
                    417: <a name=amiga_cd></a>
                    418: <li><font color=#009000><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    419: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
                    420: files for installation, ie:
                    421: <pre>
                    422: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
                    423: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
                    424: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
                    425: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
                    426: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
                    427: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
                    428: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
                    429: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
                    430: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
                    431: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
                    432: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
                    433: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
                    434: </pre>
                    435: The installation script will list ALL of these files.  For proper
                    436: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
                    437: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
                    438: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
                    439: <p>
                    440: </ul>
                    441: <p>
                    442: <a name=pmax></a>
                    443: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
                    444: <ul>
                    445: <a name=pmax_msgbuf></a>
                    446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
                    447: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
                    448: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
                    449: The neccessary fixes have been merged,
                    450: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
                    451: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
                    452: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
                    453: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
                    454: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
                    455: <br>
                    456: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch>
                    457: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    458: <p>
                    459: </ul>
                    460: <p>
                    461: <a name=arc></a>
                    462: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
                    463: <ul>
                    464: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    465: </ul>
                    466: <p>
                    467: <a name=alpha></a>
                    468: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
                    469: <ul>
                    470: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    471: </ul>
                    472: <p>
                    473: <a name=hp300></a>
                    474: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
                    475: <ul>
                    476: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    477: </ul>
                    478: <p>
                    479: <a name=mvme68k></a>
                    480: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
                    481: <ul>
                    482: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    483: </ul>
                    484: <p>
                    485: <a name=powerpc></a>
                    486: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
                    487: <ul>
                    488: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    489: </ul>
                    490:
                    491: </dl>
                    492: <br>
                    493:
                    494: <hr>
                    495: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
                    496: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    497: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    498: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    499: <a href=errata24.html>For 2.4 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    500: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    501: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
                    502: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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