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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>,
1.53 ! deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
! 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>.
1.30 deraadt 52: <br>
1.1 deraadt 53: <hr>
54:
1.33 naddy 55: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 56: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
57: This file is updated once a day.
58:
59: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
60: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
61:
62: <p>
1.32 deraadt 63: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 64: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
65: <hr>
66:
1.37 henning 67: <a name="all"></a>
68: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 69: <ul>
1.37 henning 70: <li><a name="readline"></a>
71: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 72: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
73: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 74: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 75: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
76: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
77: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
78: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
79: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 80: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
81: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
82: <p>
1.37 henning 83: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
84: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 85: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 86: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 87: <br>
1.11 jason 88: <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>
89: <p>
1.37 henning 90: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 92: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 93: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 94: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
95: <p>
1.37 henning 96: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 98: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
99: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 100: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
102: <p>
1.37 henning 103: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 105: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 106: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.37 henning 109: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
112: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
113: reported to the
114: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
115: mailing list.
116: <br>
1.33 naddy 117: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.37 henning 120: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 123: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 124: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
125: (These modules are not active by default).
126: <br>
1.33 naddy 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.37 henning 130: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
133: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
134: <br>
1.33 naddy 135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.37 henning 138: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
141: <br>
1.33 naddy 142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.37 henning 145: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
146: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
148: <br>
1.33 naddy 149: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.37 henning 152: <li><a name="curses"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
155: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
156: applications.
157: <br>
1.33 naddy 158: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.37 henning 161: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
164: yet what the impact is.
165: <br>
1.33 naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: <p>
1.37 henning 169: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
170: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
172: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
173: which disables its functionality, do
174: <pre>
175: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
176: </pre>
1.33 naddy 177: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 178: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
179: <p>
1.37 henning 180: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
181: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 182: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 183: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 184: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
185: <p>
1.37 henning 186: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
187: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
189: its functionality, do
190: <pre>
191: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
192: </pre>
1.33 naddy 193: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
195: <p>
1.37 henning 196: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
197: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
199: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
200: <ul>
1.33 naddy 201: <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 202: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
203: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 204: <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 205: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
206: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 207: <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 208: libICE DoS</a><br>
209: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 210: <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 211: Server overflow</a><br>
212: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
213: <br>
1.34 deraadt 214: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 215: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
216: </ul>
217: <br>
1.33 naddy 218: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
220: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
221: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
222: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
223: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
224: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
225: time /etc/weekly runs.
226: <p>
1.37 henning 227: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
228: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
230: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
231: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
232: <br>
1.33 naddy 233: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 234: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
235: <p>
1.37 henning 236: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
237: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 238: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
239: <br>
1.33 naddy 240: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
242: <p>
1.37 henning 243: <li><a name="screen"></a>
244: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 245: <br>
246: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
247: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
248: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
249: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
250: <br>
1.33 naddy 251: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
253: <p>
1.37 henning 254: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
255: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 256: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
257: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
258: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
259: <br>
1.33 naddy 260: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.37 henning 263: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
264: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
266: server to be executed in the shell as root.
267: <br>
1.33 naddy 268: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
270: <p>
1.37 henning 271: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
272: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 273: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
274: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
275: <br>
1.33 naddy 276: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
278: <p>
1.37 henning 279: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
280: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 281: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
282: <br>
1.33 naddy 283: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
285: <p>
1.37 henning 286: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
287: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
289: <br>
1.33 naddy 290: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
292: <p>
1.37 henning 293: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
294: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 295: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
296: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
297: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
298: <p>
1.37 henning 299: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
300: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
302: to crash the machine remote or locally.
303: <br>
1.33 naddy 304: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 305: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
306: <p>
1.37 henning 307: <li><a name="route"></a>
308: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 309: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
310: <br>
1.33 naddy 311: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 312: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
313: <p>
1.37 henning 314: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
315: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 316: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
317: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 318: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 319: <br>
1.33 naddy 320: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
322: <p>
1.37 henning 323: <li><a name="ef"></a>
324: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 325: The
1.33 naddy 326: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 327: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
328: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 329: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
331: <p>
1.37 henning 332: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
333: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 334: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 335: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 336: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 337: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
338: to version 3.3.16.
339: <p>
340: </ul>
341: <p>
1.37 henning 342: <a name="i386"></a>
343: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 344: <ul>
1.37 henning 345: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
346: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 347: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 348: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
349: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
350: from working.
351: <br>
1.33 naddy 352: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 353: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
354: <p>
1.37 henning 355: <li><a name="ste"></a>
356: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 357: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 358: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
359: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
360: boot-time.
361: <br>
1.33 naddy 362: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 363: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
364: <p>
1.37 henning 365: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
366: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 367: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
368: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
369: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
370: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
371: <br>
1.33 naddy 372: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 373: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
374: <p>
1.37 henning 375: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
376: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 377: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 378: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 379: <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 380: <br>
1.33 naddy 381: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 382: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
383: <p>
384: </ul>
385: <p>
1.37 henning 386: <a name="mac68k"></a>
387: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 388: <ul>
1.37 henning 389: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
390: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 391: <br>
392: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
393: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
394: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
395: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
396: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
397: <br>
398: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
399: commands as root:
1.37 henning 400: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 401: # cd /dev
402: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 403: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 404: <p>
405: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
406: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
407: </ul>
408: <p>
1.37 henning 409: <a name="sparc"></a>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 411: <ul>
1.37 henning 412: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
413: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 414: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 415: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 416: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
417: <p>
1.37 henning 418: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
419: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 420: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
421: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 422: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 423: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
424: <p>
1.1 deraadt 425: </ul>
426: <p>
1.37 henning 427: <a name="amiga"></a>
428: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 429: <ul>
1.37 henning 430: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
431: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 432: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
433: files for installation, ie:
434: <pre>
435: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
447: </pre>
448: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
449: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
450: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
451: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
452: <p>
453: </ul>
454: <p>
1.37 henning 455: <a name="pmax"></a>
456: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 457: <ul>
1.37 henning 458: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
459: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 460: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
461: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 462: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 463: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
464: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
465: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
466: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
467: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
468: <br>
1.33 naddy 469: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 470: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
471: <p>
472: </ul>
473: <p>
1.37 henning 474: <a name="arc"></a>
475: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 476: <ul>
477: <li>No problems identified yet.
478: </ul>
479: <p>
1.37 henning 480: <a name="alpha"></a>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 482: <ul>
483: <li>No problems identified yet.
484: </ul>
485: <p>
1.37 henning 486: <a name="hp300"></a>
487: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 488: <ul>
489: <li>No problems identified yet.
490: </ul>
491: <p>
1.37 henning 492: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
493: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 494: <ul>
495: <li>No problems identified yet.
496: </ul>
497: <p>
1.37 henning 498: <a name="powerpc"></a>
499: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 500: <ul>
501: <li>No problems identified yet.
502: </ul>
503:
504: <br>
505:
506: <hr>
507: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 508: <br>
1.31 deraadt 509: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 510: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
511: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
512: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
513: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
514: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
515: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
516: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
517: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
518: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
519: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 520: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 521: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 522: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 523: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 524: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.50 deraadt 525: <br>
1.43 deraadt 526: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 527: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 528: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 529: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 530: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 531: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 532: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 533: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 ! deraadt 534: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
! 535: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>.
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537:
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539: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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