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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>,
1.56 ! deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
! 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>.
1.30 deraadt 54: <br>
1.1 deraadt 55: <hr>
56:
1.55 sthen 57: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 58: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
59: This file is updated once a day.
60:
61: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
62: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
63:
64: <p>
1.32 deraadt 65: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 66: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
67: <hr>
68:
1.37 henning 69: <a name="all"></a>
70: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 71: <ul>
1.37 henning 72: <li><a name="readline"></a>
73: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 74: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
75: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 76: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 77: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
78: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
79: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
80: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
81: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 82: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 83: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
84: <p>
1.37 henning 85: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
86: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 87: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 88: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 89: <br>
1.55 sthen 90: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
1.11 jason 91: <p>
1.37 henning 92: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 94: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 95: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 96: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
97: <p>
1.37 henning 98: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 100: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
101: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 102: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.37 henning 105: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 107: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
110: <p>
1.37 henning 111: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
114: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
115: reported to the
116: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
117: mailing list.
118: <br>
1.55 sthen 119: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.37 henning 122: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 125: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 126: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
127: (These modules are not active by default).
128: <br>
1.55 sthen 129: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.37 henning 132: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
135: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
136: <br>
1.55 sthen 137: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.37 henning 140: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
143: <br>
1.55 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.37 henning 147: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
150: <br>
1.55 sthen 151: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <p>
1.37 henning 154: <li><a name="curses"></a>
155: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
157: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
158: applications.
159: <br>
1.55 sthen 160: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 161: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
162: <p>
1.37 henning 163: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
164: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 165: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
166: yet what the impact is.
167: <br>
1.55 sthen 168: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <p>
1.37 henning 171: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
172: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
174: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
175: which disables its functionality, do
176: <pre>
177: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
178: </pre>
1.55 sthen 179: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
181: <p>
1.37 henning 182: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
183: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 184: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 185: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
187: <p>
1.37 henning 188: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
189: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
191: its functionality, do
192: <pre>
193: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
194: </pre>
1.55 sthen 195: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
197: <p>
1.37 henning 198: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
199: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
201: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
202: <ul>
1.33 naddy 203: <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 204: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
205: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 206: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 207: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
208: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 209: <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 210: libICE DoS</a><br>
211: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 212: <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 213: Server overflow</a><br>
214: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
215: <br>
1.34 deraadt 216: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 217: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
218: </ul>
219: <br>
1.55 sthen 220: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
222: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
223: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
224: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
225: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
226: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
227: time /etc/weekly runs.
228: <p>
1.37 henning 229: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
230: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 231: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
232: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
233: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
234: <br>
1.55 sthen 235: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 236: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
237: <p>
1.37 henning 238: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
239: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 240: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
241: <br>
1.55 sthen 242: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 243: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
244: <p>
1.37 henning 245: <li><a name="screen"></a>
246: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 247: <br>
248: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
249: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
250: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
251: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
252: <br>
1.55 sthen 253: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 254: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
255: <p>
1.37 henning 256: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
257: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 258: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
259: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
260: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
261: <br>
1.55 sthen 262: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
264: <p>
1.37 henning 265: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
266: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 267: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
268: server to be executed in the shell as root.
269: <br>
1.55 sthen 270: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 271: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
272: <p>
1.37 henning 273: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
274: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 275: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
276: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
277: <br>
1.55 sthen 278: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 279: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
280: <p>
1.37 henning 281: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
282: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 283: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
284: <br>
1.55 sthen 285: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 286: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
287: <p>
1.37 henning 288: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
289: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
291: <br>
1.55 sthen 292: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
294: <p>
1.37 henning 295: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
296: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
298: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
299: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
300: <p>
1.37 henning 301: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
302: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 303: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
304: to crash the machine remote or locally.
305: <br>
1.55 sthen 306: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
308: <p>
1.37 henning 309: <li><a name="route"></a>
310: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
312: <br>
1.55 sthen 313: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 314: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
315: <p>
1.37 henning 316: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
317: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 318: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
319: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 320: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 321: <br>
1.55 sthen 322: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 323: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
324: <p>
1.37 henning 325: <li><a name="ef"></a>
326: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 327: The
1.33 naddy 328: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 329: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
330: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 331: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 332: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
333: <p>
1.37 henning 334: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
335: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 336: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 337: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 338: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 339: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
340: to version 3.3.16.
341: <p>
342: </ul>
343: <p>
1.37 henning 344: <a name="i386"></a>
345: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 346: <ul>
1.37 henning 347: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
348: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 349: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 350: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
351: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
352: from working.
353: <br>
1.55 sthen 354: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 355: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
356: <p>
1.37 henning 357: <li><a name="ste"></a>
358: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 359: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 360: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
361: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
362: boot-time.
363: <br>
1.55 sthen 364: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 365: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
366: <p>
1.37 henning 367: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
368: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 369: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
370: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
371: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
372: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
373: <br>
1.55 sthen 374: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 375: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
376: <p>
1.37 henning 377: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
378: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 379: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 380: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 381: <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 382: <br>
1.55 sthen 383: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 384: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
385: <p>
386: </ul>
387: <p>
1.37 henning 388: <a name="mac68k"></a>
389: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 390: <ul>
1.37 henning 391: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
392: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 393: <br>
394: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
395: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
396: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
397: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
398: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
399: <br>
400: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
401: commands as root:
1.37 henning 402: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 403: # cd /dev
404: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 405: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 406: <p>
407: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
408: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
409: </ul>
410: <p>
1.37 henning 411: <a name="sparc"></a>
412: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 413: <ul>
1.37 henning 414: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
415: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 416: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 417: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 418: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
419: <p>
1.37 henning 420: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
421: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 422: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
423: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 424: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 425: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
426: <p>
1.1 deraadt 427: </ul>
428: <p>
1.37 henning 429: <a name="amiga"></a>
430: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 431: <ul>
1.37 henning 432: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
433: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 434: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
435: files for installation, ie:
436: <pre>
437: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
449: </pre>
450: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
451: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
452: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
453: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
454: <p>
455: </ul>
456: <p>
1.37 henning 457: <a name="pmax"></a>
458: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 459: <ul>
1.37 henning 460: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
461: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 462: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
463: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 464: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 465: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
466: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
467: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
468: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
469: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
470: <br>
1.55 sthen 471: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 472: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
473: <p>
474: </ul>
475: <p>
1.37 henning 476: <a name="arc"></a>
477: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 478: <ul>
479: <li>No problems identified yet.
480: </ul>
481: <p>
1.37 henning 482: <a name="alpha"></a>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 484: <ul>
485: <li>No problems identified yet.
486: </ul>
487: <p>
1.37 henning 488: <a name="hp300"></a>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 490: <ul>
491: <li>No problems identified yet.
492: </ul>
493: <p>
1.37 henning 494: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 496: <ul>
497: <li>No problems identified yet.
498: </ul>
499: <p>
1.37 henning 500: <a name="powerpc"></a>
501: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 502: <ul>
503: <li>No problems identified yet.
504: </ul>
505:
506: <br>
507:
508: <hr>
509: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 510: <br>
1.31 deraadt 511: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 512: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
513: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
514: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
515: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
516: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
517: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
518: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
519: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
520: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
521: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 522: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 523: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 524: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 525: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 526: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.50 deraadt 527: <br>
1.43 deraadt 528: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 529: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 530: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 531: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 532: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 533: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 534: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 535: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 deraadt 536: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.54 deraadt 537: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.56 ! deraadt 538: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
! 539: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>.
1.30 deraadt 540: <br>
541:
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543: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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