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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.7 release errata & patch list:
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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>,
1.40 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 ! miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
! 40: <a href="errata.html">3.6</a>.
1.30 deraadt 41: <br>
1.1 deraadt 42: <hr>
43:
1.33 naddy 44: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 45: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
46: This file is updated once a day.
47:
48: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
49: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
50:
51: <p>
1.32 deraadt 52: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 53: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
54: <hr>
55:
1.37 henning 56: <a name="all"></a>
57: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 58: <ul>
1.37 henning 59: <li><a name="readline"></a>
60: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 61: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
62: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 63: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 64: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
65: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
66: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
67: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
68: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 69: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
70: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
71: <p>
1.37 henning 72: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
73: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 74: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 75: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 76: <br>
1.11 jason 77: <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>
78: <p>
1.37 henning 79: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
80: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 81: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 82: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 83: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
84: <p>
1.37 henning 85: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
86: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 87: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
88: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 89: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 90: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
91: <p>
1.37 henning 92: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 94: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 95: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
97: <p>
1.37 henning 98: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 100: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
101: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
102: reported to the
103: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
104: mailing list.
105: <br>
1.33 naddy 106: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.37 henning 109: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 112: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 113: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
114: (These modules are not active by default).
115: <br>
1.33 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.37 henning 119: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
120: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
122: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
123: <br>
1.33 naddy 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.37 henning 127: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
130: <br>
1.33 naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.37 henning 134: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
137: <br>
1.33 naddy 138: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.37 henning 141: <li><a name="curses"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
144: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
145: applications.
146: <br>
1.33 naddy 147: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
1.37 henning 150: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
151: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
153: yet what the impact is.
154: <br>
1.33 naddy 155: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.37 henning 158: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
161: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
162: which disables its functionality, do
163: <pre>
164: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
165: </pre>
1.33 naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: <p>
1.37 henning 169: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
170: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 172: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
174: <p>
1.37 henning 175: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
176: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
178: its functionality, do
179: <pre>
180: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
181: </pre>
1.33 naddy 182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
1.37 henning 185: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
186: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
188: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
189: <ul>
1.33 naddy 190: <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">
1.1 deraadt 191: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
192: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 193: <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">
1.1 deraadt 194: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
195: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 196: <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">
1.1 deraadt 197: libICE DoS</a><br>
198: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 199: <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">
1.1 deraadt 200: Server overflow</a><br>
201: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
202: <br>
1.34 deraadt 203: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 204: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
205: </ul>
206: <br>
1.33 naddy 207: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
209: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
210: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
211: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
212: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
213: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
214: time /etc/weekly runs.
215: <p>
1.37 henning 216: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
219: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
220: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
221: <br>
1.33 naddy 222: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
224: <p>
1.37 henning 225: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
226: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
228: <br>
1.33 naddy 229: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
231: <p>
1.37 henning 232: <li><a name="screen"></a>
233: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 234: <br>
235: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
236: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
237: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
238: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
239: <br>
1.33 naddy 240: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
242: <p>
1.37 henning 243: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
244: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 245: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
246: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
247: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
248: <br>
1.33 naddy 249: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.37 henning 252: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
253: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 254: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
255: server to be executed in the shell as root.
256: <br>
1.33 naddy 257: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
259: <p>
1.37 henning 260: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
261: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 262: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
263: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
264: <br>
1.33 naddy 265: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
267: <p>
1.37 henning 268: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
269: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 270: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
271: <br>
1.33 naddy 272: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
1.37 henning 275: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
276: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 277: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
278: <br>
1.33 naddy 279: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
1.37 henning 282: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
283: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 284: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
285: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
286: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
287: <p>
1.37 henning 288: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
289: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
291: to crash the machine remote or locally.
292: <br>
1.33 naddy 293: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
295: <p>
1.37 henning 296: <li><a name="route"></a>
297: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
299: <br>
1.33 naddy 300: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: <p>
1.37 henning 303: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
304: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
306: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 307: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 308: <br>
1.33 naddy 309: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 310: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
311: <p>
1.37 henning 312: <li><a name="ef"></a>
313: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: The
1.33 naddy 315: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 316: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
317: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 318: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
320: <p>
1.37 henning 321: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
322: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 323: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 324: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 325: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
327: to version 3.3.16.
328: <p>
329: </ul>
330: <p>
1.37 henning 331: <a name="i386"></a>
332: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 333: <ul>
1.37 henning 334: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
335: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 336: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 337: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
338: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
339: from working.
340: <br>
1.33 naddy 341: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 342: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
343: <p>
1.37 henning 344: <li><a name="ste"></a>
345: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 346: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 347: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
348: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
349: boot-time.
350: <br>
1.33 naddy 351: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 352: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
353: <p>
1.37 henning 354: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
355: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 356: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
357: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
358: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
359: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
360: <br>
1.33 naddy 361: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 362: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
363: <p>
1.37 henning 364: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
365: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 366: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 367: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 368: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
1.1 deraadt 369: <br>
1.33 naddy 370: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 371: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
372: <p>
373: </ul>
374: <p>
1.37 henning 375: <a name="mac68k"></a>
376: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 377: <ul>
1.37 henning 378: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
379: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 380: <br>
381: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
382: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
383: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
384: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
385: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
386: <br>
387: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
388: commands as root:
1.37 henning 389: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 390: # cd /dev
391: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 392: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 393: <p>
394: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
395: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
396: </ul>
397: <p>
1.37 henning 398: <a name="sparc"></a>
399: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 400: <ul>
1.37 henning 401: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
402: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 403: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 404: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 405: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
406: <p>
1.37 henning 407: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
408: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 409: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
410: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 411: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 412: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
413: <p>
1.1 deraadt 414: </ul>
415: <p>
1.37 henning 416: <a name="amiga"></a>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 418: <ul>
1.37 henning 419: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
420: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 421: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
422: files for installation, ie:
423: <pre>
424: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
425: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
426: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
427: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
428: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
429: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
430: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
431: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
432: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
433: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
434: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
436: </pre>
437: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
438: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
439: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
440: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
441: <p>
442: </ul>
443: <p>
1.37 henning 444: <a name="pmax"></a>
445: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 446: <ul>
1.37 henning 447: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
448: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 449: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
450: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 451: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 452: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
453: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
454: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
455: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
456: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
457: <br>
1.33 naddy 458: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 459: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
460: <p>
461: </ul>
462: <p>
1.37 henning 463: <a name="arc"></a>
464: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 465: <ul>
466: <li>No problems identified yet.
467: </ul>
468: <p>
1.37 henning 469: <a name="alpha"></a>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 471: <ul>
472: <li>No problems identified yet.
473: </ul>
474: <p>
1.37 henning 475: <a name="hp300"></a>
476: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 477: <ul>
478: <li>No problems identified yet.
479: </ul>
480: <p>
1.37 henning 481: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
482: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 483: <ul>
484: <li>No problems identified yet.
485: </ul>
486: <p>
1.37 henning 487: <a name="powerpc"></a>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 489: <ul>
490: <li>No problems identified yet.
491: </ul>
492:
493: <br>
494:
495: <hr>
496: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 497: <br>
1.31 deraadt 498: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 499: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
500: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
501: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
502: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
503: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
504: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
505: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
506: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
507: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
508: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 509: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 510: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 511: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 ! miod 512: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
! 513: <a href="errata.html">3.6</a>.
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515:
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517: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.33 naddy 518: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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