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1.33      naddy      17: <h2><font color="#0000e0">
1.1       deraadt    18: This is the OpenBSD 2.7 release errata &amp; patch list:
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                     22: <hr>
                     23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30      deraadt    24: <br>
1.31      deraadt    25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30      deraadt    26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
                     27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
                     28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
                     29: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
                     30: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
                     31: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
                     32: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
                     33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
                     34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
                     35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35      deraadt    36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36      david      37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.39    ! deraadt    38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>.
        !            39: <a href="errata.html">3.5</a>.
1.30      deraadt    40: <br>
1.1       deraadt    41: <hr>
                     42:
1.33      naddy      43: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1       deraadt    44: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
                     45: This file is updated once a day.
                     46:
                     47: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
                     48: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
                     49:
                     50: <p>
1.32      deraadt    51: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1       deraadt    52: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
                     53: <hr>
                     54:
1.37      henning    55: <a name="all"></a>
                     56: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt    57: <ul>
1.37      henning    58: <li><a name="readline"></a>
                     59: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16      horacio    60: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
                     61: with a permissive
1.33      naddy      62: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&amp;sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16      horacio    63: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
                     64: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
                     65: application is mysql).  Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
                     66: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
                     67: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13      millert    68: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
                     69: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
                     70: <p>
1.37      henning    71: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
                     72: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20      millert    73: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33      naddy      74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&amp;sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21      jufi       75: <br>
1.11      jason      76: <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>
                     77: <p>
1.37      henning    78: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
                     79: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7       millert    80: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9       millert    81: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7       millert    82: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
                     83: <p>
1.37      henning    84: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
                     85: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4       deraadt    86: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
                     87: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33      naddy      88: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3       deraadt    89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                     90: <p>
1.37      henning    91: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
                     92: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2       aaron      93: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33      naddy      94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2       aaron      95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                     96: <p>
1.37      henning    97: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
                     98: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt    99: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
                    100: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
                    101: reported to the
                    102: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
                    103: mailing list.
                    104: <br>
1.33      naddy     105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1       deraadt   106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    107: <p>
1.37      henning   108: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
                    109: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   110: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22      pvalchev  111: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1       deraadt   112: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
                    113: (These modules are not active by default).
                    114: <br>
1.33      naddy     115: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1       deraadt   116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    117: <p>
1.37      henning   118: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
                    119: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   120: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
                    121: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
                    122: <br>
1.33      naddy     123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1       deraadt   124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    125: <p>
1.37      henning   126: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
                    127: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   128: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
                    129: <br>
1.33      naddy     130: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1       deraadt   131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    132: <p>
1.37      henning   133: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
                    134: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   135: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
                    136: <br>
1.33      naddy     137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1       deraadt   138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    139: <p>
1.37      henning   140: <li><a name="curses"></a>
                    141: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   142: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
                    143: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
                    144: applications.
                    145: <br>
1.33      naddy     146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1       deraadt   147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    148: <p>
1.37      henning   149: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
                    150: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   151: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8).  It is not clear
                    152: yet what the impact is.
                    153: <br>
1.33      naddy     154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1       deraadt   155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    156: <p>
1.37      henning   157: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
                    158: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   159: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function.  This
                    160: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility.  As a workaround
                    161: which disables its functionality, do
                    162: <pre>
                    163: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
                    164: </pre>
1.33      naddy     165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1       deraadt   166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    167: <p>
1.37      henning   168: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
                    169: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   170: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33      naddy     171: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1       deraadt   172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    173: <p>
1.37      henning   174: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
                    175: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   176: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
                    177: its functionality, do
                    178: <pre>
                    179: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
                    180: </pre>
1.33      naddy     181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1       deraadt   182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    183: <p>
1.37      henning   184: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
                    185: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   186: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects.  We provide a
                    187: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
                    188: <ul>
1.33      naddy     189:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&amp;date=2000-05-15&amp;msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0005181947210.17658-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1       deraadt   190:     Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
                    191:     This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33      naddy     192:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&amp;date=2000-06-15&amp;msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1       deraadt   193:     Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
                    194:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33      naddy     195:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&amp;date=2000-06-15&amp;msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192220220.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1       deraadt   196:     libICE DoS</a><br>
                    197:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33      naddy     198:     <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&amp;date=2000-04-15&amp;msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.10004161835150.863-100000@localhost">
1.1       deraadt   199:     Server overflow</a><br>
                    200:     This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
                    201:     <br>
1.34      deraadt   202:     Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1       deraadt   203:     the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
                    204: </ul>
                    205: <br>
1.33      naddy     206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1       deraadt   207: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
                    208: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
                    209: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
                    210: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
                    211: step of the build (makewhatis).  If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
                    212: ignore the build error.   The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
                    213: time /etc/weekly runs.
                    214: <p>
1.37      henning   215: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
                    216: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   217: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
                    218: ftpd had a remote root hole in it.  Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
                    219: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
                    220: <br>
1.33      naddy     221: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1       deraadt   222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    223: <p>
1.37      henning   224: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
                    225: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   226: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
                    227: <br>
1.33      naddy     228: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1       deraadt   229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    230: <p>
1.37      henning   231: <li><a name="screen"></a>
                    232: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1       deraadt   233: <br>
                    234: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly.  The
                    235: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
                    236: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
                    237: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
                    238: <br>
1.33      naddy     239: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1       deraadt   240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    241: <p>
1.37      henning   242: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
                    243: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   244: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
                    245: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
                    246: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
                    247: <br>
1.33      naddy     248: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1       deraadt   249: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    250: <p>
1.37      henning   251: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
                    252: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   253: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
                    254: server to be executed in the shell as root.
                    255: <br>
1.33      naddy     256: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1       deraadt   257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    258: <p>
1.37      henning   259: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
                    260: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   261: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
                    262: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
                    263: <br>
1.33      naddy     264: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1       deraadt   265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    266: <p>
1.37      henning   267: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
                    268: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   269: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
                    270: <br>
1.33      naddy     271: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1       deraadt   272: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    273: <p>
1.37      henning   274: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
                    275: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   276: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
                    277: <br>
1.33      naddy     278: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1       deraadt   279: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    280: <p>
1.37      henning   281: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
                    282: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   283: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
                    284: be used.  On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
                    285: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
                    286: <p>
1.37      henning   287: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
                    288: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   289: Parse IPv4 options more carefully.  It is not yet clear if this can even be used
                    290: to crash the machine remote or locally.
                    291: <br>
1.33      naddy     292: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1       deraadt   293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    294: <p>
1.37      henning   295: <li><a name="route"></a>
                    296: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   297: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
                    298: <br>
1.33      naddy     299: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1       deraadt   300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    301: <p>
1.37      henning   302: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
                    303: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   304: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
                    305: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33      naddy     306: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&amp;sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1       deraadt   307: <br>
1.33      naddy     308: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1       deraadt   309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    310: <p>
1.37      henning   311: <li><a name="ef"></a>
                    312: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   313: The
1.33      naddy     314: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&amp;sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1       deraadt   315: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
                    316: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33      naddy     317: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1       deraadt   318: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    319: <p>
1.37      henning   320: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
                    321: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23      horacio   322: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1       deraadt   323: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33      naddy     324: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1       deraadt   325: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
                    326: to version 3.3.16.
                    327: <p>
                    328: </ul>
                    329: <p>
1.37      henning   330: <a name="i386"></a>
                    331: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   332: <ul>
1.37      henning   333: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
                    334: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33      naddy     335: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&amp;sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1       deraadt   336: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
                    337: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
                    338: from working.
                    339: <br>
1.33      naddy     340: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1       deraadt   341: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    342: <p>
1.37      henning   343: <li><a name="ste"></a>
                    344: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33      naddy     345: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&amp;sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1       deraadt   346: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
                    347: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
                    348: boot-time.
                    349: <br>
1.33      naddy     350: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1       deraadt   351: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    352: <p>
1.37      henning   353: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
                    354: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   355: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
                    356: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
                    357: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
                    358: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
                    359: <br>
1.33      naddy     360: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1       deraadt   361: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
                    362: <p>
1.37      henning   363: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
                    364: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33      naddy     365: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&amp;sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1       deraadt   366: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33      naddy     367: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&amp;sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
1.1       deraadt   368: <br>
1.33      naddy     369: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1       deraadt   370: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    371: <p>
                    372: </ul>
                    373: <p>
1.37      henning   374: <a name="mac68k"></a>
                    375: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   376: <ul>
1.37      henning   377: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
                    378: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1       deraadt   379: <br>
                    380: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
                    381: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
                    382: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work.  The problem shows itself
                    383: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
                    384: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
                    385: <br>
                    386: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
                    387: commands as root:
1.37      henning   388: <pre>
1.8       deraadt   389: # cd /dev
                    390: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37      henning   391: </pre>
1.1       deraadt   392: <p>
                    393: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
                    394: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
                    395: </ul>
                    396: <p>
1.37      henning   397: <a name="sparc"></a>
                    398: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   399: <ul>
1.37      henning   400: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
                    401: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6       jason     402: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33      naddy     403: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6       jason     404: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    405: <p>
1.37      henning   406: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
                    407: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3       deraadt   408: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
                    409: cause great grief.<br>
1.33      naddy     410: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3       deraadt   411: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    412: <p>
1.1       deraadt   413: </ul>
                    414: <p>
1.37      henning   415: <a name="amiga"></a>
                    416: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   417: <ul>
1.37      henning   418: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
                    419: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   420: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
                    421: files for installation, ie:
                    422: <pre>
                    423: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
                    424: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
                    425: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
                    426: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp  13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
                    427: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
                    428: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
                    429: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
                    430: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
                    431: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
                    432: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
                    433: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
                    434: -rw-r--r--  1 root  mirftp   1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
                    435: </pre>
                    436: The installation script will list ALL of these files.  For proper
                    437: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
                    438: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
                    439: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
                    440: <p>
                    441: </ul>
                    442: <p>
1.37      henning   443: <a name="pmax"></a>
                    444: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   445: <ul>
1.37      henning   446: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
                    447: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1       deraadt   448: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
                    449: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22      pvalchev  450: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1       deraadt   451: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
                    452: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
                    453: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
                    454: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
                    455: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
                    456: <br>
1.33      naddy     457: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1       deraadt   458: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
                    459: <p>
                    460: </ul>
                    461: <p>
1.37      henning   462: <a name="arc"></a>
                    463: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   464: <ul>
                    465: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    466: </ul>
                    467: <p>
1.37      henning   468: <a name="alpha"></a>
                    469: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   470: <ul>
                    471: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    472: </ul>
                    473: <p>
1.37      henning   474: <a name="hp300"></a>
                    475: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   476: <ul>
                    477: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    478: </ul>
                    479: <p>
1.37      henning   480: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
                    481: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   482: <ul>
                    483: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    484: </ul>
                    485: <p>
1.37      henning   486: <a name="powerpc"></a>
                    487: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1       deraadt   488: <ul>
                    489: <li>No problems identified yet.
                    490: </ul>
                    491:
                    492: <br>
                    493:
                    494: <hr>
                    495: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30      deraadt   496: <br>
1.31      deraadt   497: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30      deraadt   498: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
                    499: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
                    500: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
                    501: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
                    502: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
                    503: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
                    504: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
                    505: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
                    506: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
                    507: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35      deraadt   508: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36      david     509: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.39    ! deraadt   510: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>.
        !           511: <a href="errata.html">3.5</a>.
1.30      deraadt   512: <br>
                    513:
1.1       deraadt   514: <hr>
                    515: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.33      naddy     516: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.39    ! deraadt   517: <br><small>$OpenBSD: errata27.html,v 1.38 2004/03/04 06:37:25 david Exp $</small>
1.1       deraadt   518:
                    519: </body>
                    520: </html>