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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>,
1.58 ! nick 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
! 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>.
1.30 deraadt 56: <br>
1.1 deraadt 57: <hr>
58:
1.55 sthen 59: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 60: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
61: This file is updated once a day.
62:
63: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
64: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
65:
66: <p>
1.32 deraadt 67: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 68: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
69: <hr>
70:
1.37 henning 71: <a name="all"></a>
72: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 73: <ul>
1.37 henning 74: <li><a name="readline"></a>
75: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 76: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
77: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 78: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 79: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
80: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
81: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
82: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
83: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 84: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 85: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
86: <p>
1.37 henning 87: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
88: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 89: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 91: <br>
1.55 sthen 92: <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 93: <p>
1.37 henning 94: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 96: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 97: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 98: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
99: <p>
1.37 henning 100: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
101: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 102: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
103: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 104: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.37 henning 107: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 109: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 110: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
112: <p>
1.37 henning 113: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
114: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 115: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
116: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
117: reported to the
118: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
119: mailing list.
120: <br>
1.55 sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <p>
1.37 henning 124: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
125: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 127: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 128: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
129: (These modules are not active by default).
130: <br>
1.55 sthen 131: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.37 henning 134: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
137: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
138: <br>
1.55 sthen 139: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.37 henning 142: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
145: <br>
1.55 sthen 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.37 henning 149: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
152: <br>
1.55 sthen 153: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.37 henning 156: <li><a name="curses"></a>
157: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 158: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
159: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
160: applications.
161: <br>
1.55 sthen 162: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.37 henning 165: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
166: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
168: yet what the impact is.
169: <br>
1.55 sthen 170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.37 henning 173: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
174: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 175: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
176: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
177: which disables its functionality, do
178: <pre>
179: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
180: </pre>
1.55 sthen 181: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <p>
1.37 henning 184: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
185: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 187: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
189: <p>
1.37 henning 190: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
191: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
193: its functionality, do
194: <pre>
195: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
196: </pre>
1.55 sthen 197: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 198: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
199: <p>
1.37 henning 200: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
201: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
203: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
204: <ul>
1.33 naddy 205: <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 206: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
207: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 208: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 209: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
210: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 211: <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 212: libICE DoS</a><br>
213: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 214: <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 215: Server overflow</a><br>
216: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
217: <br>
1.34 deraadt 218: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 219: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
220: </ul>
221: <br>
1.55 sthen 222: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
224: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
225: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
226: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
227: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
228: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
229: time /etc/weekly runs.
230: <p>
1.37 henning 231: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
232: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
234: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
235: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
236: <br>
1.55 sthen 237: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
239: <p>
1.37 henning 240: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
241: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 242: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
243: <br>
1.55 sthen 244: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 245: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
246: <p>
1.37 henning 247: <li><a name="screen"></a>
248: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 249: <br>
250: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
251: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
252: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
253: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
254: <br>
1.55 sthen 255: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 256: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
257: <p>
1.37 henning 258: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
259: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 260: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
261: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
262: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
263: <br>
1.55 sthen 264: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
266: <p>
1.37 henning 267: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
270: server to be executed in the shell as root.
271: <br>
1.55 sthen 272: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
1.37 henning 275: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
276: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 277: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
278: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
279: <br>
1.55 sthen 280: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
282: <p>
1.37 henning 283: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
284: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
286: <br>
1.55 sthen 287: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 288: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
289: <p>
1.37 henning 290: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
291: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 292: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
293: <br>
1.55 sthen 294: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 295: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
296: <p>
1.37 henning 297: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
298: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
300: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
301: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
302: <p>
1.37 henning 303: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
304: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
306: to crash the machine remote or locally.
307: <br>
1.55 sthen 308: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
310: <p>
1.37 henning 311: <li><a name="route"></a>
312: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 313: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
314: <br>
1.55 sthen 315: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 316: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
317: <p>
1.37 henning 318: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
319: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 320: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
321: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 322: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 323: <br>
1.55 sthen 324: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 325: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
326: <p>
1.37 henning 327: <li><a name="ef"></a>
328: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 329: The
1.33 naddy 330: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 331: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
332: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 333: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 334: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
335: <p>
1.37 henning 336: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
337: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 338: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 339: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 340: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 341: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
342: to version 3.3.16.
343: <p>
344: </ul>
345: <p>
1.37 henning 346: <a name="i386"></a>
347: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 348: <ul>
1.37 henning 349: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
350: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 351: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 352: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
353: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
354: from working.
355: <br>
1.55 sthen 356: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 357: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
358: <p>
1.37 henning 359: <li><a name="ste"></a>
360: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 361: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 362: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
363: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
364: boot-time.
365: <br>
1.55 sthen 366: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 367: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
368: <p>
1.37 henning 369: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
370: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 371: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
372: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
373: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
374: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
375: <br>
1.55 sthen 376: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 377: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
378: <p>
1.37 henning 379: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
380: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 381: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 382: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 383: <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 384: <br>
1.55 sthen 385: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 386: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
387: <p>
388: </ul>
389: <p>
1.37 henning 390: <a name="mac68k"></a>
391: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 392: <ul>
1.37 henning 393: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
394: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 395: <br>
396: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
397: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
398: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
399: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
400: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
401: <br>
402: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
403: commands as root:
1.37 henning 404: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 405: # cd /dev
406: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 407: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 408: <p>
409: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
410: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
411: </ul>
412: <p>
1.37 henning 413: <a name="sparc"></a>
414: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 415: <ul>
1.37 henning 416: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
417: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 418: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 419: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 420: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
421: <p>
1.37 henning 422: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
423: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 424: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
425: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 426: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 427: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
428: <p>
1.1 deraadt 429: </ul>
430: <p>
1.37 henning 431: <a name="amiga"></a>
432: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 433: <ul>
1.37 henning 434: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
435: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 436: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
437: files for installation, ie:
438: <pre>
439: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
451: </pre>
452: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
453: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
454: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
455: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
456: <p>
457: </ul>
458: <p>
1.37 henning 459: <a name="pmax"></a>
460: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 461: <ul>
1.37 henning 462: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
463: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 464: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
465: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 466: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 467: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
468: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
469: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
470: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
471: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
472: <br>
1.55 sthen 473: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 474: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
475: <p>
476: </ul>
477: <p>
1.37 henning 478: <a name="arc"></a>
479: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 480: <ul>
481: <li>No problems identified yet.
482: </ul>
483: <p>
1.37 henning 484: <a name="alpha"></a>
485: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 486: <ul>
487: <li>No problems identified yet.
488: </ul>
489: <p>
1.37 henning 490: <a name="hp300"></a>
491: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 492: <ul>
493: <li>No problems identified yet.
494: </ul>
495: <p>
1.37 henning 496: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 498: <ul>
499: <li>No problems identified yet.
500: </ul>
501: <p>
1.37 henning 502: <a name="powerpc"></a>
503: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 504: <ul>
505: <li>No problems identified yet.
506: </ul>
507:
508: <br>
509:
510: <hr>
511: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 512: <br>
1.31 deraadt 513: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
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515: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
516: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
517: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
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521: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
522: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
523: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
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1.56 deraadt 540: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.57 miod 541: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.58 ! nick 542: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
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545:
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