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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>,
1.50 ! deraadt 41: <br>
1.43 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 44: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 45: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 46: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 ! deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
! 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>.
1.30 deraadt 50: <br>
1.1 deraadt 51: <hr>
52:
1.33 naddy 53: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 54: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
55: This file is updated once a day.
56:
57: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
58: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
59:
60: <p>
1.32 deraadt 61: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 62: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
63: <hr>
64:
1.37 henning 65: <a name="all"></a>
66: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 67: <ul>
1.37 henning 68: <li><a name="readline"></a>
69: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 70: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
71: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 72: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 73: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
74: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
75: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
76: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
77: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
79: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
80: <p>
1.37 henning 81: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 83: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 84: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 85: <br>
1.11 jason 86: <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>
87: <p>
1.37 henning 88: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 90: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 91: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 92: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
93: <p>
1.37 henning 94: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 96: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
97: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.37 henning 101: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 103: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 104: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.37 henning 107: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
110: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
111: reported to the
112: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
113: mailing list.
114: <br>
1.33 naddy 115: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.37 henning 118: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
119: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 121: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 122: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
123: (These modules are not active by default).
124: <br>
1.33 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.37 henning 128: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
131: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
132: <br>
1.33 naddy 133: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.37 henning 136: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
139: <br>
1.33 naddy 140: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.37 henning 143: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
146: <br>
1.33 naddy 147: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
1.37 henning 150: <li><a name="curses"></a>
151: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
153: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
154: applications.
155: <br>
1.33 naddy 156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.37 henning 159: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
162: yet what the impact is.
163: <br>
1.33 naddy 164: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <p>
1.37 henning 167: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
168: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
170: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
171: which disables its functionality, do
172: <pre>
173: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
174: </pre>
1.33 naddy 175: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
177: <p>
1.37 henning 178: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <p>
1.37 henning 184: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
185: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
187: its functionality, do
188: <pre>
189: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
190: </pre>
1.33 naddy 191: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 192: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
193: <p>
1.37 henning 194: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
195: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
197: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
198: <ul>
1.33 naddy 199: <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 200: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
201: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 202: <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 203: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
204: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 205: <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 206: libICE DoS</a><br>
207: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 208: <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 209: Server overflow</a><br>
210: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
211: <br>
1.34 deraadt 212: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 213: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
214: </ul>
215: <br>
1.33 naddy 216: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 217: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
218: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
219: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
220: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
221: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
222: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
223: time /etc/weekly runs.
224: <p>
1.37 henning 225: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
226: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
228: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
229: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
230: <br>
1.33 naddy 231: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
233: <p>
1.37 henning 234: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
235: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
237: <br>
1.33 naddy 238: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
240: <p>
1.37 henning 241: <li><a name="screen"></a>
242: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 243: <br>
244: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
245: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
246: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
247: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
248: <br>
1.33 naddy 249: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.37 henning 252: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
253: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 254: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
255: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
256: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
257: <br>
1.33 naddy 258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
1.37 henning 261: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
264: server to be executed in the shell as root.
265: <br>
1.33 naddy 266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
1.37 henning 269: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
272: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
273: <br>
1.33 naddy 274: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
276: <p>
1.37 henning 277: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
278: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 279: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
280: <br>
1.33 naddy 281: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
283: <p>
1.37 henning 284: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
285: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
287: <br>
1.33 naddy 288: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: <p>
1.37 henning 291: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
292: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
294: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
295: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
296: <p>
1.37 henning 297: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
298: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
300: to crash the machine remote or locally.
301: <br>
1.33 naddy 302: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 303: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
304: <p>
1.37 henning 305: <li><a name="route"></a>
306: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
308: <br>
1.33 naddy 309: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 310: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
311: <p>
1.37 henning 312: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
313: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
315: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 316: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 317: <br>
1.33 naddy 318: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
320: <p>
1.37 henning 321: <li><a name="ef"></a>
322: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 323: The
1.33 naddy 324: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 325: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
326: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 327: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 328: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
329: <p>
1.37 henning 330: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
331: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 332: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 333: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 334: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 335: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
336: to version 3.3.16.
337: <p>
338: </ul>
339: <p>
1.37 henning 340: <a name="i386"></a>
341: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 342: <ul>
1.37 henning 343: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
344: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 345: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 346: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
347: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
348: from working.
349: <br>
1.33 naddy 350: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 351: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
352: <p>
1.37 henning 353: <li><a name="ste"></a>
354: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 355: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 356: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
357: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
358: boot-time.
359: <br>
1.33 naddy 360: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 361: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
362: <p>
1.37 henning 363: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
364: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 365: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
366: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
367: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
368: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
369: <br>
1.33 naddy 370: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 371: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
372: <p>
1.37 henning 373: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
374: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 375: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 376: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 377: <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 378: <br>
1.33 naddy 379: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 380: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
381: <p>
382: </ul>
383: <p>
1.37 henning 384: <a name="mac68k"></a>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 386: <ul>
1.37 henning 387: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
388: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 389: <br>
390: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
391: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
392: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
393: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
394: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
395: <br>
396: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
397: commands as root:
1.37 henning 398: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 399: # cd /dev
400: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 401: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 402: <p>
403: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
404: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
405: </ul>
406: <p>
1.37 henning 407: <a name="sparc"></a>
408: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 409: <ul>
1.37 henning 410: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
411: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 412: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 413: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 414: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
415: <p>
1.37 henning 416: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
417: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 418: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
419: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 420: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 421: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
422: <p>
1.1 deraadt 423: </ul>
424: <p>
1.37 henning 425: <a name="amiga"></a>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 427: <ul>
1.37 henning 428: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
429: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 430: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
431: files for installation, ie:
432: <pre>
433: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
434: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
445: </pre>
446: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
447: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
448: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
449: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
450: <p>
451: </ul>
452: <p>
1.37 henning 453: <a name="pmax"></a>
454: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 455: <ul>
1.37 henning 456: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
457: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 458: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
459: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 460: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 461: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
462: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
463: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
464: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
465: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
466: <br>
1.33 naddy 467: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 468: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
469: <p>
470: </ul>
471: <p>
1.37 henning 472: <a name="arc"></a>
473: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 474: <ul>
475: <li>No problems identified yet.
476: </ul>
477: <p>
1.37 henning 478: <a name="alpha"></a>
479: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 480: <ul>
481: <li>No problems identified yet.
482: </ul>
483: <p>
1.37 henning 484: <a name="hp300"></a>
485: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 486: <ul>
487: <li>No problems identified yet.
488: </ul>
489: <p>
1.37 henning 490: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
491: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 492: <ul>
493: <li>No problems identified yet.
494: </ul>
495: <p>
1.37 henning 496: <a name="powerpc"></a>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 498: <ul>
499: <li>No problems identified yet.
500: </ul>
501:
502: <br>
503:
504: <hr>
505: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 506: <br>
1.31 deraadt 507: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 508: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
509: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
510: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
511: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
512: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
513: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
514: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
515: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
516: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
517: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 518: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 519: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 520: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 521: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 522: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.50 ! deraadt 523: <br>
1.43 deraadt 524: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 525: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 526: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 527: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 528: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 529: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 ! deraadt 530: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
! 531: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>.
1.30 deraadt 532: <br>
533:
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535: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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