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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>,
1.43 deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 ! deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
! 43: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>.
1.30 deraadt 44: <br>
1.1 deraadt 45: <hr>
46:
1.33 naddy 47: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 48: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
49: This file is updated once a day.
50:
51: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
52: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
53:
54: <p>
1.32 deraadt 55: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 56: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
57: <hr>
58:
1.37 henning 59: <a name="all"></a>
60: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 61: <ul>
1.37 henning 62: <li><a name="readline"></a>
63: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 64: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
65: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 66: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 67: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
68: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
69: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
70: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
71: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
73: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
74: <p>
1.37 henning 75: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 77: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 78: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 79: <br>
1.11 jason 80: <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>
81: <p>
1.37 henning 82: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 84: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 86: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
87: <p>
1.37 henning 88: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 90: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
91: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.37 henning 95: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
96: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 97: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.37 henning 101: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 103: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
104: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
105: reported to the
106: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
107: mailing list.
108: <br>
1.33 naddy 109: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.37 henning 112: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 115: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 116: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
117: (These modules are not active by default).
118: <br>
1.33 naddy 119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.37 henning 122: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
125: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
126: <br>
1.33 naddy 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.37 henning 130: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
133: <br>
1.33 naddy 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.37 henning 137: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
138: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
140: <br>
1.33 naddy 141: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.37 henning 144: <li><a name="curses"></a>
145: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
147: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
148: applications.
149: <br>
1.33 naddy 150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.37 henning 153: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
156: yet what the impact is.
157: <br>
1.33 naddy 158: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.37 henning 161: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
164: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
165: which disables its functionality, do
166: <pre>
167: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
168: </pre>
1.33 naddy 169: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
171: <p>
1.37 henning 172: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 175: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
177: <p>
1.37 henning 178: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
181: its functionality, do
182: <pre>
183: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
184: </pre>
1.33 naddy 185: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
187: <p>
1.37 henning 188: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
189: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
191: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
192: <ul>
1.33 naddy 193: <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 194: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
195: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 196: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 197: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
198: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 199: <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 200: libICE DoS</a><br>
201: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 202: <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 203: Server overflow</a><br>
204: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
205: <br>
1.34 deraadt 206: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 207: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
208: </ul>
209: <br>
1.33 naddy 210: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
212: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
213: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
214: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
215: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
216: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
217: time /etc/weekly runs.
218: <p>
1.37 henning 219: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
220: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
222: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
223: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
224: <br>
1.33 naddy 225: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
227: <p>
1.37 henning 228: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
229: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
231: <br>
1.33 naddy 232: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
234: <p>
1.37 henning 235: <li><a name="screen"></a>
236: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 237: <br>
238: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
239: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
240: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
241: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
242: <br>
1.33 naddy 243: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
245: <p>
1.37 henning 246: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
247: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 248: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
249: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
250: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
251: <br>
1.33 naddy 252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.37 henning 255: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 257: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
258: server to be executed in the shell as root.
259: <br>
1.33 naddy 260: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.37 henning 263: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
264: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
266: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
267: <br>
1.33 naddy 268: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
270: <p>
1.37 henning 271: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
272: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 273: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
274: <br>
1.33 naddy 275: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
277: <p>
1.37 henning 278: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
279: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 280: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
281: <br>
1.33 naddy 282: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
284: <p>
1.37 henning 285: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
286: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
288: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
289: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
290: <p>
1.37 henning 291: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
292: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
294: to crash the machine remote or locally.
295: <br>
1.33 naddy 296: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 297: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
298: <p>
1.37 henning 299: <li><a name="route"></a>
300: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
302: <br>
1.33 naddy 303: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
1.37 henning 306: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
307: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 308: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
309: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 311: <br>
1.33 naddy 312: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
1.37 henning 315: <li><a name="ef"></a>
316: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: The
1.33 naddy 318: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 319: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
320: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 321: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
323: <p>
1.37 henning 324: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
325: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 326: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 327: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 328: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 329: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
330: to version 3.3.16.
331: <p>
332: </ul>
333: <p>
1.37 henning 334: <a name="i386"></a>
335: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 336: <ul>
1.37 henning 337: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
338: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 339: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 340: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
341: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
342: from working.
343: <br>
1.33 naddy 344: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 345: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
346: <p>
1.37 henning 347: <li><a name="ste"></a>
348: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 349: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 350: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
351: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
352: boot-time.
353: <br>
1.33 naddy 354: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 355: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
356: <p>
1.37 henning 357: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
358: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 359: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
360: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
361: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
362: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
363: <br>
1.33 naddy 364: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 365: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
366: <p>
1.37 henning 367: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
368: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 369: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 370: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 371: <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 372: <br>
1.33 naddy 373: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 374: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
375: <p>
376: </ul>
377: <p>
1.37 henning 378: <a name="mac68k"></a>
379: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 380: <ul>
1.37 henning 381: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
382: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 383: <br>
384: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
385: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
386: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
387: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
388: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
389: <br>
390: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
391: commands as root:
1.37 henning 392: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 393: # cd /dev
394: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 395: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 396: <p>
397: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
398: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
399: </ul>
400: <p>
1.37 henning 401: <a name="sparc"></a>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 403: <ul>
1.37 henning 404: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
405: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 406: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 407: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 408: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
409: <p>
1.37 henning 410: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
411: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 412: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
413: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 414: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 415: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
416: <p>
1.1 deraadt 417: </ul>
418: <p>
1.37 henning 419: <a name="amiga"></a>
420: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 421: <ul>
1.37 henning 422: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
423: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 424: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
425: files for installation, ie:
426: <pre>
427: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
428: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
429: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
430: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
431: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
432: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
433: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
434: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
439: </pre>
440: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
441: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
442: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
443: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
444: <p>
445: </ul>
446: <p>
1.37 henning 447: <a name="pmax"></a>
448: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 449: <ul>
1.37 henning 450: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
451: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 452: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
453: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 454: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 455: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
456: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
457: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
458: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
459: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
460: <br>
1.33 naddy 461: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 462: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
463: <p>
464: </ul>
465: <p>
1.37 henning 466: <a name="arc"></a>
467: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 468: <ul>
469: <li>No problems identified yet.
470: </ul>
471: <p>
1.37 henning 472: <a name="alpha"></a>
473: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 474: <ul>
475: <li>No problems identified yet.
476: </ul>
477: <p>
1.37 henning 478: <a name="hp300"></a>
479: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 480: <ul>
481: <li>No problems identified yet.
482: </ul>
483: <p>
1.37 henning 484: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
485: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 486: <ul>
487: <li>No problems identified yet.
488: </ul>
489: <p>
1.37 henning 490: <a name="powerpc"></a>
491: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 492: <ul>
493: <li>No problems identified yet.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <br>
497:
498: <hr>
499: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 500: <br>
1.31 deraadt 501: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 502: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
503: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
504: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
505: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
506: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
507: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
508: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
509: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
510: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
511: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 512: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 513: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 514: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 515: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 516: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.43 deraadt 517: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
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