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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>,
1.54 ! deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
! 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
1.30 deraadt 53: <br>
1.1 deraadt 54: <hr>
55:
1.33 naddy 56: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 57: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
58: This file is updated once a day.
59:
60: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
61: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
62:
63: <p>
1.32 deraadt 64: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 65: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
66: <hr>
67:
1.37 henning 68: <a name="all"></a>
69: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 70: <ul>
1.37 henning 71: <li><a name="readline"></a>
72: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 73: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
74: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 75: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 76: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
77: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
78: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
79: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
80: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.13 millert 81: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
82: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
83: <p>
1.37 henning 84: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
85: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 86: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 87: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 88: <br>
1.11 jason 89: <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>
90: <p>
1.37 henning 91: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
92: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 93: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.9 millert 94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 95: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
96: <p>
1.37 henning 97: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 99: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
100: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.33 naddy 101: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 102: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
103: <p>
1.37 henning 104: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
105: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 106: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.33 naddy 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.37 henning 110: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
113: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
114: reported to the
115: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
116: mailing list.
117: <br>
1.33 naddy 118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.37 henning 121: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 124: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 125: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
126: (These modules are not active by default).
127: <br>
1.33 naddy 128: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
130: <p>
1.37 henning 131: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
132: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
134: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
135: <br>
1.33 naddy 136: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.37 henning 139: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
142: <br>
1.33 naddy 143: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.37 henning 146: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
149: <br>
1.33 naddy 150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.37 henning 153: <li><a name="curses"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
156: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
157: applications.
158: <br>
1.33 naddy 159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
1.37 henning 162: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
165: yet what the impact is.
166: <br>
1.33 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.37 henning 170: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
173: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
174: which disables its functionality, do
175: <pre>
176: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
177: </pre>
1.33 naddy 178: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
1.37 henning 181: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
182: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 183: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.33 naddy 184: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
186: <p>
1.37 henning 187: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
188: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 189: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
190: its functionality, do
191: <pre>
192: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
193: </pre>
1.33 naddy 194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
196: <p>
1.37 henning 197: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
198: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
200: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
201: <ul>
1.33 naddy 202: <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 203: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
204: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 205: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 206: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
207: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 208: <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 209: libICE DoS</a><br>
210: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 211: <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 212: Server overflow</a><br>
213: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
214: <br>
1.34 deraadt 215: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 216: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
217: </ul>
218: <br>
1.33 naddy 219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
221: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
222: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
223: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
224: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
225: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
226: time /etc/weekly runs.
227: <p>
1.37 henning 228: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
229: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
231: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
232: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
233: <br>
1.33 naddy 234: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 235: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
236: <p>
1.37 henning 237: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
238: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 239: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
240: <br>
1.33 naddy 241: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
1.37 henning 244: <li><a name="screen"></a>
245: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 246: <br>
247: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
248: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
249: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
250: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
251: <br>
1.33 naddy 252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.37 henning 255: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 257: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
258: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
259: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
260: <br>
1.33 naddy 261: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
263: <p>
1.37 henning 264: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
265: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
267: server to be executed in the shell as root.
268: <br>
1.33 naddy 269: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 270: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
271: <p>
1.37 henning 272: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
273: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 274: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
275: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
276: <br>
1.33 naddy 277: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
279: <p>
1.37 henning 280: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
281: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
283: <br>
1.33 naddy 284: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: <p>
1.37 henning 287: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
288: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
290: <br>
1.33 naddy 291: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
293: <p>
1.37 henning 294: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
295: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 296: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
297: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
298: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
299: <p>
1.37 henning 300: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
301: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 302: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
303: to crash the machine remote or locally.
304: <br>
1.33 naddy 305: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
307: <p>
1.37 henning 308: <li><a name="route"></a>
309: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 310: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
311: <br>
1.33 naddy 312: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
1.37 henning 315: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
316: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
318: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 319: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 320: <br>
1.33 naddy 321: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
323: <p>
1.37 henning 324: <li><a name="ef"></a>
325: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 326: The
1.33 naddy 327: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 328: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
329: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.33 naddy 330: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 331: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
332: <p>
1.37 henning 333: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
334: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 335: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 336: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.33 naddy 337: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 338: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
339: to version 3.3.16.
340: <p>
341: </ul>
342: <p>
1.37 henning 343: <a name="i386"></a>
344: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 345: <ul>
1.37 henning 346: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
347: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 348: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 349: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
350: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
351: from working.
352: <br>
1.33 naddy 353: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 354: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
355: <p>
1.37 henning 356: <li><a name="ste"></a>
357: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 358: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 359: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
360: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
361: boot-time.
362: <br>
1.33 naddy 363: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 364: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
365: <p>
1.37 henning 366: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
367: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 368: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
369: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
370: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
371: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
372: <br>
1.33 naddy 373: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 374: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
375: <p>
1.37 henning 376: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
377: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 378: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 379: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 380: <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 381: <br>
1.33 naddy 382: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 383: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
384: <p>
385: </ul>
386: <p>
1.37 henning 387: <a name="mac68k"></a>
388: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 389: <ul>
1.37 henning 390: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
391: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 392: <br>
393: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
394: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
395: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
396: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
397: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
398: <br>
399: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
400: commands as root:
1.37 henning 401: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 402: # cd /dev
403: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 404: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 405: <p>
406: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
407: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
408: </ul>
409: <p>
1.37 henning 410: <a name="sparc"></a>
411: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 412: <ul>
1.37 henning 413: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
414: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 415: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.33 naddy 416: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 417: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
418: <p>
1.37 henning 419: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
420: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 421: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
422: cause great grief.<br>
1.33 naddy 423: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 424: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
425: <p>
1.1 deraadt 426: </ul>
427: <p>
1.37 henning 428: <a name="amiga"></a>
429: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 430: <ul>
1.37 henning 431: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
432: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 433: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
434: files for installation, ie:
435: <pre>
436: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
448: </pre>
449: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
450: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
451: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
452: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
453: <p>
454: </ul>
455: <p>
1.37 henning 456: <a name="pmax"></a>
457: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 458: <ul>
1.37 henning 459: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
460: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 461: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
462: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 463: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 464: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
465: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
466: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
467: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
468: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
469: <br>
1.33 naddy 470: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 471: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
472: <p>
473: </ul>
474: <p>
1.37 henning 475: <a name="arc"></a>
476: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 477: <ul>
478: <li>No problems identified yet.
479: </ul>
480: <p>
1.37 henning 481: <a name="alpha"></a>
482: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 483: <ul>
484: <li>No problems identified yet.
485: </ul>
486: <p>
1.37 henning 487: <a name="hp300"></a>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 489: <ul>
490: <li>No problems identified yet.
491: </ul>
492: <p>
1.37 henning 493: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
494: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 495: <ul>
496: <li>No problems identified yet.
497: </ul>
498: <p>
1.37 henning 499: <a name="powerpc"></a>
500: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 501: <ul>
502: <li>No problems identified yet.
503: </ul>
504:
505: <br>
506:
507: <hr>
508: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 509: <br>
1.31 deraadt 510: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 511: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
512: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
513: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
514: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
515: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
516: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
517: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
518: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
519: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
520: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 521: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 522: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 523: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 524: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 525: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.50 deraadt 526: <br>
1.43 deraadt 527: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 528: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 529: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 530: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 531: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 532: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 533: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 534: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 deraadt 535: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.54 ! deraadt 536: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
! 537: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
1.30 deraadt 538: <br>
539:
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541: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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