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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>,
1.45 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 ! deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
! 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>.
1.30 deraadt 48: <br>
1.1 deraadt 49: <hr>
50:
1.33 naddy 51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 52: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
53: This file is updated once a day.
54:
55: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
56: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
57:
58: <p>
1.32 deraadt 59: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 60: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
61: <hr>
62:
1.37 henning 63: <a name="all"></a>
64: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 65: <ul>
1.37 henning 66: <li><a name="readline"></a>
67: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 68: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
69: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 70: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 71: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
72: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
73: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
74: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
75: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 76: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
77: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
78: <p>
1.37 henning 79: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
80: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 81: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 83: <br>
1.11 jason 84: <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>
85: <p>
1.37 henning 86: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 88: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 89: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 90: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
91: <p>
1.37 henning 92: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 94: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
95: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 96: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: <p>
1.37 henning 99: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 101: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 102: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.37 henning 105: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 107: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
108: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
109: reported to the
110: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
111: mailing list.
112: <br>
1.33 naddy 113: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
115: <p>
1.37 henning 116: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 119: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 120: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
121: (These modules are not active by default).
122: <br>
1.33 naddy 123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.37 henning 126: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
127: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
129: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
130: <br>
1.33 naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.37 henning 134: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
137: <br>
1.33 naddy 138: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.37 henning 141: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
144: <br>
1.33 naddy 145: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.37 henning 148: <li><a name="curses"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
151: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
152: applications.
153: <br>
1.33 naddy 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.37 henning 157: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
160: yet what the impact is.
161: <br>
1.33 naddy 162: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.37 henning 165: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
166: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
168: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
169: which disables its functionality, do
170: <pre>
171: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
172: </pre>
1.33 naddy 173: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <p>
1.37 henning 176: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
177: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 179: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
181: <p>
1.37 henning 182: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
183: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 184: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
185: its functionality, do
186: <pre>
187: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
188: </pre>
1.33 naddy 189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.37 henning 192: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
193: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
195: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
196: <ul>
1.33 naddy 197: <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 198: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
199: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 200: <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 201: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
202: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 203: <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 204: libICE DoS</a><br>
205: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 206: <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 207: Server overflow</a><br>
208: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
209: <br>
1.34 deraadt 210: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 211: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
212: </ul>
213: <br>
1.33 naddy 214: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
216: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
217: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
218: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
219: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
220: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
221: time /etc/weekly runs.
222: <p>
1.37 henning 223: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
224: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
226: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
227: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
228: <br>
1.33 naddy 229: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
231: <p>
1.37 henning 232: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
233: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
235: <br>
1.33 naddy 236: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
238: <p>
1.37 henning 239: <li><a name="screen"></a>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 241: <br>
242: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
243: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
244: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
245: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
246: <br>
1.33 naddy 247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <p>
1.37 henning 250: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
251: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 252: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
253: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
254: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
255: <br>
1.33 naddy 256: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
1.37 henning 259: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
260: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 261: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
262: server to be executed in the shell as root.
263: <br>
1.33 naddy 264: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
266: <p>
1.37 henning 267: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
270: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
271: <br>
1.33 naddy 272: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
1.37 henning 275: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
276: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 277: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
278: <br>
1.33 naddy 279: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
1.37 henning 282: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
283: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 284: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
285: <br>
1.33 naddy 286: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
288: <p>
1.37 henning 289: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
290: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
292: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
293: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
294: <p>
1.37 henning 295: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
296: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
298: to crash the machine remote or locally.
299: <br>
1.33 naddy 300: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 301: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
302: <p>
1.37 henning 303: <li><a name="route"></a>
304: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
306: <br>
1.33 naddy 307: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 308: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
309: <p>
1.37 henning 310: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
311: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 312: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
313: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 314: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 315: <br>
1.33 naddy 316: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
318: <p>
1.37 henning 319: <li><a name="ef"></a>
320: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: The
1.33 naddy 322: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 323: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
324: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 325: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
327: <p>
1.37 henning 328: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
329: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 330: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 331: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 332: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 333: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
334: to version 3.3.16.
335: <p>
336: </ul>
337: <p>
1.37 henning 338: <a name="i386"></a>
339: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 340: <ul>
1.37 henning 341: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
342: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 343: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 344: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
345: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
346: from working.
347: <br>
1.33 naddy 348: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 349: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
350: <p>
1.37 henning 351: <li><a name="ste"></a>
352: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 353: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 354: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
355: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
356: boot-time.
357: <br>
1.33 naddy 358: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 359: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
360: <p>
1.37 henning 361: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
362: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 363: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
364: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
365: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
366: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
367: <br>
1.33 naddy 368: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 369: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
370: <p>
1.37 henning 371: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
372: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 373: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 374: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 375: <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 376: <br>
1.33 naddy 377: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 378: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
379: <p>
380: </ul>
381: <p>
1.37 henning 382: <a name="mac68k"></a>
383: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 384: <ul>
1.37 henning 385: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
386: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 387: <br>
388: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
389: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
390: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
391: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
392: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
393: <br>
394: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
395: commands as root:
1.37 henning 396: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 397: # cd /dev
398: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 399: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 400: <p>
401: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
402: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
403: </ul>
404: <p>
1.37 henning 405: <a name="sparc"></a>
406: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 407: <ul>
1.37 henning 408: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
409: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 410: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 411: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 412: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
413: <p>
1.37 henning 414: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
415: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 416: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
417: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 418: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 419: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
420: <p>
1.1 deraadt 421: </ul>
422: <p>
1.37 henning 423: <a name="amiga"></a>
424: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 425: <ul>
1.37 henning 426: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
427: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 428: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
429: files for installation, ie:
430: <pre>
431: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
432: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
433: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
434: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
443: </pre>
444: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
445: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
446: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
447: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
448: <p>
449: </ul>
450: <p>
1.37 henning 451: <a name="pmax"></a>
452: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 453: <ul>
1.37 henning 454: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
455: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 456: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
457: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 458: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 459: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
460: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
461: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
462: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
463: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
464: <br>
1.33 naddy 465: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 466: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
467: <p>
468: </ul>
469: <p>
1.37 henning 470: <a name="arc"></a>
471: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 472: <ul>
473: <li>No problems identified yet.
474: </ul>
475: <p>
1.37 henning 476: <a name="alpha"></a>
477: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 478: <ul>
479: <li>No problems identified yet.
480: </ul>
481: <p>
1.37 henning 482: <a name="hp300"></a>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 484: <ul>
485: <li>No problems identified yet.
486: </ul>
487: <p>
1.37 henning 488: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 490: <ul>
491: <li>No problems identified yet.
492: </ul>
493: <p>
1.37 henning 494: <a name="powerpc"></a>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 496: <ul>
497: <li>No problems identified yet.
498: </ul>
499:
500: <br>
501:
502: <hr>
503: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 504: <br>
1.31 deraadt 505: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 506: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
507: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
508: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
509: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
510: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
511: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
512: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
513: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
514: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
515: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 516: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 517: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 518: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 519: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 520: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.43 deraadt 521: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 522: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 523: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 524: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 525: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 ! deraadt 526: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
! 527: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>.
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529:
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