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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>,
1.57 ! miod 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
! 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>.
1.30 deraadt 55: <br>
1.1 deraadt 56: <hr>
57:
1.55 sthen 58: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 59: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
60: This file is updated once a day.
61:
62: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
63: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
64:
65: <p>
1.32 deraadt 66: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 67: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
68: <hr>
69:
1.37 henning 70: <a name="all"></a>
71: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 72: <ul>
1.37 henning 73: <li><a name="readline"></a>
74: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 75: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
76: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 77: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 78: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
79: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
80: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
81: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
82: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 83: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 84: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
85: <p>
1.37 henning 86: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 88: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 89: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 90: <br>
1.55 sthen 91: <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 92: <p>
1.37 henning 93: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 95: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 96: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 97: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
98: <p>
1.37 henning 99: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 101: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
102: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 103: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.37 henning 106: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
107: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 108: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 109: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.37 henning 112: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
115: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
116: reported to the
117: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
118: mailing list.
119: <br>
1.55 sthen 120: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.37 henning 123: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 126: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 127: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
128: (These modules are not active by default).
129: <br>
1.55 sthen 130: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.37 henning 133: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
134: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
136: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
137: <br>
1.55 sthen 138: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.37 henning 141: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
144: <br>
1.55 sthen 145: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.37 henning 148: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
151: <br>
1.55 sthen 152: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.37 henning 155: <li><a name="curses"></a>
156: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
158: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
159: applications.
160: <br>
1.55 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.37 henning 164: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
165: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
167: yet what the impact is.
168: <br>
1.55 sthen 169: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
171: <p>
1.37 henning 172: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
175: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
176: which disables its functionality, do
177: <pre>
178: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
179: </pre>
1.55 sthen 180: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <p>
1.37 henning 183: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
184: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
188: <p>
1.37 henning 189: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
192: its functionality, do
193: <pre>
194: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
195: </pre>
1.55 sthen 196: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
198: <p>
1.37 henning 199: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
200: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 201: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
202: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
203: <ul>
1.33 naddy 204: <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 205: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
206: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 207: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 208: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
209: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 210: <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 211: libICE DoS</a><br>
212: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 213: <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 214: Server overflow</a><br>
215: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
216: <br>
1.34 deraadt 217: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 218: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
219: </ul>
220: <br>
1.55 sthen 221: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
223: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
224: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
225: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
226: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
227: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
228: time /etc/weekly runs.
229: <p>
1.37 henning 230: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
231: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 232: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
233: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
234: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
235: <br>
1.55 sthen 236: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
238: <p>
1.37 henning 239: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 241: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
242: <br>
1.55 sthen 243: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
245: <p>
1.37 henning 246: <li><a name="screen"></a>
247: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 248: <br>
249: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
250: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
251: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
252: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
253: <br>
1.55 sthen 254: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
256: <p>
1.37 henning 257: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
258: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 259: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
260: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
261: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
262: <br>
1.55 sthen 263: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 264: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
265: <p>
1.37 henning 266: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
267: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
269: server to be executed in the shell as root.
270: <br>
1.55 sthen 271: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 272: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
273: <p>
1.37 henning 274: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
275: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 276: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
277: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
278: <br>
1.55 sthen 279: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 280: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
281: <p>
1.37 henning 282: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
283: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 284: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
285: <br>
1.55 sthen 286: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 287: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
288: <p>
1.37 henning 289: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
290: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
292: <br>
1.55 sthen 293: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
295: <p>
1.37 henning 296: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
297: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
299: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
300: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
301: <p>
1.37 henning 302: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
303: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 304: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
305: to crash the machine remote or locally.
306: <br>
1.55 sthen 307: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 308: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
309: <p>
1.37 henning 310: <li><a name="route"></a>
311: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 312: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
313: <br>
1.55 sthen 314: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 315: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
316: <p>
1.37 henning 317: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
318: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 319: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
320: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 322: <br>
1.55 sthen 323: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 324: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
325: <p>
1.37 henning 326: <li><a name="ef"></a>
327: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 328: The
1.33 naddy 329: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 330: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
331: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 332: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 333: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
334: <p>
1.37 henning 335: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
336: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 337: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 338: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 339: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 340: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
341: to version 3.3.16.
342: <p>
343: </ul>
344: <p>
1.37 henning 345: <a name="i386"></a>
346: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 347: <ul>
1.37 henning 348: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
349: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 350: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 351: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
352: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
353: from working.
354: <br>
1.55 sthen 355: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 356: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
357: <p>
1.37 henning 358: <li><a name="ste"></a>
359: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 360: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 361: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
362: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
363: boot-time.
364: <br>
1.55 sthen 365: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 366: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
367: <p>
1.37 henning 368: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
369: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 370: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
371: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
372: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
373: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
374: <br>
1.55 sthen 375: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 376: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
377: <p>
1.37 henning 378: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
379: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 380: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 381: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 382: <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 383: <br>
1.55 sthen 384: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 385: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
386: <p>
387: </ul>
388: <p>
1.37 henning 389: <a name="mac68k"></a>
390: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 391: <ul>
1.37 henning 392: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
393: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 394: <br>
395: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
396: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
397: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
398: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
399: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
400: <br>
401: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
402: commands as root:
1.37 henning 403: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 404: # cd /dev
405: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 406: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 407: <p>
408: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
409: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
410: </ul>
411: <p>
1.37 henning 412: <a name="sparc"></a>
413: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 414: <ul>
1.37 henning 415: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
416: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 417: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 418: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 419: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
420: <p>
1.37 henning 421: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
422: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 423: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
424: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 425: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 426: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
427: <p>
1.1 deraadt 428: </ul>
429: <p>
1.37 henning 430: <a name="amiga"></a>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 432: <ul>
1.37 henning 433: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
434: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 435: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
436: files for installation, ie:
437: <pre>
438: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
450: </pre>
451: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
452: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
453: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
454: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
455: <p>
456: </ul>
457: <p>
1.37 henning 458: <a name="pmax"></a>
459: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 460: <ul>
1.37 henning 461: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
462: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 463: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
464: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 465: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 466: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
467: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
468: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
469: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
470: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
471: <br>
1.55 sthen 472: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 473: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
474: <p>
475: </ul>
476: <p>
1.37 henning 477: <a name="arc"></a>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 479: <ul>
480: <li>No problems identified yet.
481: </ul>
482: <p>
1.37 henning 483: <a name="alpha"></a>
484: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 485: <ul>
486: <li>No problems identified yet.
487: </ul>
488: <p>
1.37 henning 489: <a name="hp300"></a>
490: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 491: <ul>
492: <li>No problems identified yet.
493: </ul>
494: <p>
1.37 henning 495: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
496: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 497: <ul>
498: <li>No problems identified yet.
499: </ul>
500: <p>
1.37 henning 501: <a name="powerpc"></a>
502: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 503: <ul>
504: <li>No problems identified yet.
505: </ul>
506:
507: <br>
508:
509: <hr>
510: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 511: <br>
1.31 deraadt 512: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 513: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
514: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
515: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
516: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
517: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
518: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
519: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
520: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
521: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
522: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 523: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 524: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 525: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 526: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 527: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.50 deraadt 528: <br>
1.43 deraadt 529: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.44 deraadt 530: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 531: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 532: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 533: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 534: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 535: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 536: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 deraadt 537: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.54 deraadt 538: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.56 deraadt 539: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.57 ! miod 540: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
! 541: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>.
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543:
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545: <a href=index.html><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.33 naddy 546: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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