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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>,
1.42 ! deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
! 41: <a href="errata.html">3.7</a>.
1.30 deraadt 42: <br>
1.1 deraadt 43: <hr>
44:
1.33 naddy 45: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 46: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
47: This file is updated once a day.
48:
49: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
50: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
51:
52: <p>
1.32 deraadt 53: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 54: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
55: <hr>
56:
1.37 henning 57: <a name="all"></a>
58: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 59: <ul>
1.37 henning 60: <li><a name="readline"></a>
61: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 62: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
63: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 64: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 65: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
66: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
67: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
68: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
69: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 70: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
71: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
72: <p>
1.37 henning 73: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
74: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 75: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 76: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 77: <br>
1.11 jason 78: <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>
79: <p>
1.37 henning 80: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
81: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 82: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 83: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 84: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
85: <p>
1.37 henning 86: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 88: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
89: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 90: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
1.37 henning 93: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 95: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 96: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: <p>
1.37 henning 99: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 101: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
102: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
103: reported to the
104: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
105: mailing list.
106: <br>
1.33 naddy 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.37 henning 110: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 113: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 114: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
115: (These modules are not active by default).
116: <br>
1.33 naddy 117: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.37 henning 120: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
123: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
124: <br>
1.33 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.37 henning 128: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
131: <br>
1.33 naddy 132: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.37 henning 135: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
138: <br>
1.33 naddy 139: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.37 henning 142: <li><a name="curses"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
145: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
146: applications.
147: <br>
1.33 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.37 henning 151: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
154: yet what the impact is.
155: <br>
1.33 naddy 156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.37 henning 159: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
162: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
163: which disables its functionality, do
164: <pre>
165: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
166: </pre>
1.33 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.37 henning 170: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 173: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <p>
1.37 henning 176: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
177: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
179: its functionality, do
180: <pre>
181: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
182: </pre>
1.33 naddy 183: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 184: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
185: <p>
1.37 henning 186: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
187: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
189: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
190: <ul>
1.33 naddy 191: <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 192: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
193: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 194: <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 195: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
196: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 197: <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 198: libICE DoS</a><br>
199: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 200: <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 201: Server overflow</a><br>
202: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
203: <br>
1.34 deraadt 204: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 205: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
206: </ul>
207: <br>
1.33 naddy 208: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
210: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
211: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
212: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
213: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
214: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
215: time /etc/weekly runs.
216: <p>
1.37 henning 217: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
218: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
220: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
221: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
222: <br>
1.33 naddy 223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
225: <p>
1.37 henning 226: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
227: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
229: <br>
1.33 naddy 230: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
232: <p>
1.37 henning 233: <li><a name="screen"></a>
234: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 235: <br>
236: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
237: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
238: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
239: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
240: <br>
1.33 naddy 241: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
1.37 henning 244: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
245: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 246: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
247: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
248: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
249: <br>
1.33 naddy 250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 251: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
252: <p>
1.37 henning 253: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
256: server to be executed in the shell as root.
257: <br>
1.33 naddy 258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
1.37 henning 261: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
264: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
265: <br>
1.33 naddy 266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
1.37 henning 269: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
272: <br>
1.33 naddy 273: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 274: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
275: <p>
1.37 henning 276: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
277: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 278: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
279: <br>
1.33 naddy 280: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
282: <p>
1.37 henning 283: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
284: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
286: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
287: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
288: <p>
1.37 henning 289: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
290: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
292: to crash the machine remote or locally.
293: <br>
1.33 naddy 294: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
296: <p>
1.37 henning 297: <li><a name="route"></a>
298: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
300: <br>
1.33 naddy 301: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 302: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
303: <p>
1.37 henning 304: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
305: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
307: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 309: <br>
1.33 naddy 310: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
1.37 henning 313: <li><a name="ef"></a>
314: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 315: The
1.33 naddy 316: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 317: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
318: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 319: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 320: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
321: <p>
1.37 henning 322: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
323: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 324: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 325: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 326: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 327: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
328: to version 3.3.16.
329: <p>
330: </ul>
331: <p>
1.37 henning 332: <a name="i386"></a>
333: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 334: <ul>
1.37 henning 335: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
336: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 337: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 338: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
339: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
340: from working.
341: <br>
1.33 naddy 342: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 343: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
344: <p>
1.37 henning 345: <li><a name="ste"></a>
346: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 347: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 348: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
349: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
350: boot-time.
351: <br>
1.33 naddy 352: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 353: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
354: <p>
1.37 henning 355: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
356: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 357: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
358: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
359: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
360: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
361: <br>
1.33 naddy 362: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 363: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
364: <p>
1.37 henning 365: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
366: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 367: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 368: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 369: <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 370: <br>
1.33 naddy 371: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 372: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
373: <p>
374: </ul>
375: <p>
1.37 henning 376: <a name="mac68k"></a>
377: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 378: <ul>
1.37 henning 379: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
380: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 381: <br>
382: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
383: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
384: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
385: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
386: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
387: <br>
388: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
389: commands as root:
1.37 henning 390: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 391: # cd /dev
392: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 393: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 394: <p>
395: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
396: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
397: </ul>
398: <p>
1.37 henning 399: <a name="sparc"></a>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 401: <ul>
1.37 henning 402: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
403: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 404: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 405: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 406: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
407: <p>
1.37 henning 408: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
409: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 410: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
411: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 412: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 413: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
414: <p>
1.1 deraadt 415: </ul>
416: <p>
1.37 henning 417: <a name="amiga"></a>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 419: <ul>
1.37 henning 420: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
421: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 422: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
423: files for installation, ie:
424: <pre>
425: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
426: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
427: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
428: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
429: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
430: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
431: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
432: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
433: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
434: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
437: </pre>
438: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
439: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
440: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
441: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
442: <p>
443: </ul>
444: <p>
1.37 henning 445: <a name="pmax"></a>
446: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 447: <ul>
1.37 henning 448: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
449: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 450: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
451: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 452: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 453: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
454: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
455: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
456: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
457: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
458: <br>
1.33 naddy 459: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 460: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
461: <p>
462: </ul>
463: <p>
1.37 henning 464: <a name="arc"></a>
465: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 466: <ul>
467: <li>No problems identified yet.
468: </ul>
469: <p>
1.37 henning 470: <a name="alpha"></a>
471: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 472: <ul>
473: <li>No problems identified yet.
474: </ul>
475: <p>
1.37 henning 476: <a name="hp300"></a>
477: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 478: <ul>
479: <li>No problems identified yet.
480: </ul>
481: <p>
1.37 henning 482: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 484: <ul>
485: <li>No problems identified yet.
486: </ul>
487: <p>
1.37 henning 488: <a name="powerpc"></a>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 490: <ul>
491: <li>No problems identified yet.
492: </ul>
493:
494: <br>
495:
496: <hr>
497: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 498: <br>
1.31 deraadt 499: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 500: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
501: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
502: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
503: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
504: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
505: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
506: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
507: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
508: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
509: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 510: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 511: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 512: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 513: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 ! deraadt 514: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
! 515: <a href="errata.html">3.7</a>.
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517:
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