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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>,
1.52 ! deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.51 djm 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>.
1.30 deraadt 51: <br>
1.1 deraadt 52: <hr>
53:
1.33 naddy 54: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 55: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
56: This file is updated once a day.
57:
58: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
59: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
60:
61: <p>
1.32 deraadt 62: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 63: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
64: <hr>
65:
1.37 henning 66: <a name="all"></a>
67: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 68: <ul>
1.37 henning 69: <li><a name="readline"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 71: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
72: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 73: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 74: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
75: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
76: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
77: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
78: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
80: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
81: <p>
1.37 henning 82: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 84: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 86: <br>
1.11 jason 87: <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>
88: <p>
1.37 henning 89: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 91: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 93: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.37 henning 95: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
96: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 97: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
98: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 99: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
1.37 henning 102: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 104: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
1.37 henning 108: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
111: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
112: reported to the
113: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
114: mailing list.
115: <br>
1.33 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.37 henning 119: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
120: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 122: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 123: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
124: (These modules are not active by default).
125: <br>
1.33 naddy 126: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.37 henning 129: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
130: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
132: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
133: <br>
1.33 naddy 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.37 henning 137: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
138: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
140: <br>
1.33 naddy 141: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.37 henning 144: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
145: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
147: <br>
1.33 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.37 henning 151: <li><a name="curses"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
154: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
155: applications.
156: <br>
1.33 naddy 157: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
159: <p>
1.37 henning 160: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
161: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 162: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
163: yet what the impact is.
164: <br>
1.33 naddy 165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.37 henning 168: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
169: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 170: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
171: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
172: which disables its functionality, do
173: <pre>
174: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
175: </pre>
1.33 naddy 176: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 177: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
178: <p>
1.37 henning 179: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
180: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 181: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
1.37 henning 185: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
186: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
188: its functionality, do
189: <pre>
190: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
191: </pre>
1.33 naddy 192: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
194: <p>
1.37 henning 195: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
196: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 197: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
198: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
199: <ul>
1.33 naddy 200: <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 201: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
202: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 203: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 204: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
205: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 206: <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 207: libICE DoS</a><br>
208: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 209: <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 210: Server overflow</a><br>
211: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
212: <br>
1.34 deraadt 213: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 214: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
215: </ul>
216: <br>
1.33 naddy 217: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
219: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
220: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
221: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
222: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
223: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
224: time /etc/weekly runs.
225: <p>
1.37 henning 226: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
227: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
229: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
230: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
231: <br>
1.33 naddy 232: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
234: <p>
1.37 henning 235: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
236: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
238: <br>
1.33 naddy 239: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <p>
1.37 henning 242: <li><a name="screen"></a>
243: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 244: <br>
245: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
246: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
247: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
248: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
249: <br>
1.33 naddy 250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 251: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
252: <p>
1.37 henning 253: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
256: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
257: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
258: <br>
1.33 naddy 259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
261: <p>
1.37 henning 262: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
263: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 264: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
265: server to be executed in the shell as root.
266: <br>
1.33 naddy 267: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 268: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
269: <p>
1.37 henning 270: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
271: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 272: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
273: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
274: <br>
1.33 naddy 275: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
277: <p>
1.37 henning 278: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
279: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 280: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
281: <br>
1.33 naddy 282: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
284: <p>
1.37 henning 285: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
286: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
288: <br>
1.33 naddy 289: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 290: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
291: <p>
1.37 henning 292: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
293: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 294: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
295: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
296: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
297: <p>
1.37 henning 298: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
299: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
301: to crash the machine remote or locally.
302: <br>
1.33 naddy 303: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
1.37 henning 306: <li><a name="route"></a>
307: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 308: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
309: <br>
1.33 naddy 310: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
1.37 henning 313: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
314: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 315: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
316: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 317: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 318: <br>
1.33 naddy 319: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 320: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
321: <p>
1.37 henning 322: <li><a name="ef"></a>
323: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 324: The
1.33 naddy 325: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 326: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
327: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 328: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 329: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
330: <p>
1.37 henning 331: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
332: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 333: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 334: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 335: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 336: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
337: to version 3.3.16.
338: <p>
339: </ul>
340: <p>
1.37 henning 341: <a name="i386"></a>
342: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 343: <ul>
1.37 henning 344: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
345: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 346: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 347: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
348: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
349: from working.
350: <br>
1.33 naddy 351: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 352: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
353: <p>
1.37 henning 354: <li><a name="ste"></a>
355: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 356: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 357: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
358: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
359: boot-time.
360: <br>
1.33 naddy 361: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 362: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
363: <p>
1.37 henning 364: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
365: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 366: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
367: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
368: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
369: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
370: <br>
1.33 naddy 371: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 372: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
373: <p>
1.37 henning 374: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
375: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 376: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 377: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 378: <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 379: <br>
1.33 naddy 380: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 381: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
382: <p>
383: </ul>
384: <p>
1.37 henning 385: <a name="mac68k"></a>
386: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 387: <ul>
1.37 henning 388: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
389: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 390: <br>
391: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
392: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
393: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
394: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
395: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
396: <br>
397: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
398: commands as root:
1.37 henning 399: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 400: # cd /dev
401: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 402: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 403: <p>
404: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
405: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
406: </ul>
407: <p>
1.37 henning 408: <a name="sparc"></a>
409: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 410: <ul>
1.37 henning 411: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
412: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 413: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 414: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 415: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
416: <p>
1.37 henning 417: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
418: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 419: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
420: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 421: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 422: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
423: <p>
1.1 deraadt 424: </ul>
425: <p>
1.37 henning 426: <a name="amiga"></a>
427: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 428: <ul>
1.37 henning 429: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
430: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 431: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
432: files for installation, ie:
433: <pre>
434: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
446: </pre>
447: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
448: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
449: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
450: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
451: <p>
452: </ul>
453: <p>
1.37 henning 454: <a name="pmax"></a>
455: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 456: <ul>
1.37 henning 457: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
458: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 459: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
460: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 461: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 462: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
463: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
464: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
465: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
466: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
467: <br>
1.33 naddy 468: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 469: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
470: <p>
471: </ul>
472: <p>
1.37 henning 473: <a name="arc"></a>
474: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 475: <ul>
476: <li>No problems identified yet.
477: </ul>
478: <p>
1.37 henning 479: <a name="alpha"></a>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 481: <ul>
482: <li>No problems identified yet.
483: </ul>
484: <p>
1.37 henning 485: <a name="hp300"></a>
486: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 487: <ul>
488: <li>No problems identified yet.
489: </ul>
490: <p>
1.37 henning 491: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
492: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 493: <ul>
494: <li>No problems identified yet.
495: </ul>
496: <p>
1.37 henning 497: <a name="powerpc"></a>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 499: <ul>
500: <li>No problems identified yet.
501: </ul>
502:
503: <br>
504:
505: <hr>
506: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 507: <br>
1.31 deraadt 508: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 509: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
510: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
511: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
512: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
513: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
514: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
515: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
516: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
517: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
518: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 519: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 520: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 521: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 522: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 523: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.50 deraadt 524: <br>
1.43 deraadt 525: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 526: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 527: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 528: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 529: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 530: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 531: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 ! deraadt 532: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.51 djm 533: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>.
1.30 deraadt 534: <br>
535:
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537: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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