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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>,
1.59 ! sthen 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
! 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>.
1.30 deraadt 57: <br>
1.1 deraadt 58: <hr>
59:
1.55 sthen 60: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 61: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
62: This file is updated once a day.
63:
64: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
65: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
66:
67: <p>
1.32 deraadt 68: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 69: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
70: <hr>
71:
1.37 henning 72: <a name="all"></a>
73: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 74: <ul>
1.37 henning 75: <li><a name="readline"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 77: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
78: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 79: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 80: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
81: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
82: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
83: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
84: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 85: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 86: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
87: <p>
1.37 henning 88: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 90: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 91: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 92: <br>
1.55 sthen 93: <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 94: <p>
1.37 henning 95: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
96: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 97: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 98: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 99: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.37 henning 101: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 103: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
104: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 105: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
1.37 henning 108: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 110: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 111: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.37 henning 114: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
117: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
118: reported to the
119: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
120: mailing list.
121: <br>
1.55 sthen 122: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
1.37 henning 125: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
126: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 128: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 129: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
130: (These modules are not active by default).
131: <br>
1.55 sthen 132: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.37 henning 135: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
138: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
139: <br>
1.55 sthen 140: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.37 henning 143: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
146: <br>
1.55 sthen 147: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
1.37 henning 150: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
151: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
153: <br>
1.55 sthen 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.37 henning 157: <li><a name="curses"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
160: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
161: applications.
162: <br>
1.55 sthen 163: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <p>
1.37 henning 166: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
167: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
169: yet what the impact is.
170: <br>
1.55 sthen 171: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
173: <p>
1.37 henning 174: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
175: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
177: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
178: which disables its functionality, do
179: <pre>
180: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
181: </pre>
1.55 sthen 182: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
1.37 henning 185: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
186: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 188: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
190: <p>
1.37 henning 191: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
192: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
194: its functionality, do
195: <pre>
196: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
197: </pre>
1.55 sthen 198: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
200: <p>
1.37 henning 201: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
202: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
204: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
205: <ul>
1.33 naddy 206: <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 207: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
208: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 209: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 210: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
211: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 212: <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 213: libICE DoS</a><br>
214: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 215: <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 216: Server overflow</a><br>
217: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
218: <br>
1.34 deraadt 219: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 220: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
221: </ul>
222: <br>
1.55 sthen 223: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
225: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
226: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
227: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
228: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
229: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
230: time /etc/weekly runs.
231: <p>
1.37 henning 232: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
233: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
235: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
236: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
237: <br>
1.55 sthen 238: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
240: <p>
1.37 henning 241: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
242: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 243: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
244: <br>
1.55 sthen 245: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <p>
1.37 henning 248: <li><a name="screen"></a>
249: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 250: <br>
251: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
252: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
253: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
254: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
255: <br>
1.55 sthen 256: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
1.37 henning 259: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
260: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 261: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
262: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
263: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
264: <br>
1.55 sthen 265: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
267: <p>
1.37 henning 268: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
269: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 270: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
271: server to be executed in the shell as root.
272: <br>
1.55 sthen 273: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 274: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
275: <p>
1.37 henning 276: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
277: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 278: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
279: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
280: <br>
1.55 sthen 281: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
283: <p>
1.37 henning 284: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
285: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
287: <br>
1.55 sthen 288: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: <p>
1.37 henning 291: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
292: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
294: <br>
1.55 sthen 295: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 296: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
297: <p>
1.37 henning 298: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
299: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
301: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
302: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
303: <p>
1.37 henning 304: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
305: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
307: to crash the machine remote or locally.
308: <br>
1.55 sthen 309: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 310: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
311: <p>
1.37 henning 312: <li><a name="route"></a>
313: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 314: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
315: <br>
1.55 sthen 316: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
318: <p>
1.37 henning 319: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
320: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
322: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 323: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 324: <br>
1.55 sthen 325: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
327: <p>
1.37 henning 328: <li><a name="ef"></a>
329: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 330: The
1.33 naddy 331: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 332: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
333: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 334: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 335: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
336: <p>
1.37 henning 337: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
338: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 339: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 340: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 341: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 342: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
343: to version 3.3.16.
344: <p>
345: </ul>
346: <p>
1.37 henning 347: <a name="i386"></a>
348: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 349: <ul>
1.37 henning 350: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
351: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 352: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 353: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
354: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
355: from working.
356: <br>
1.55 sthen 357: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 358: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
359: <p>
1.37 henning 360: <li><a name="ste"></a>
361: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 362: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 363: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
364: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
365: boot-time.
366: <br>
1.55 sthen 367: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 368: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
369: <p>
1.37 henning 370: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
371: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 372: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
373: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
374: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
375: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
376: <br>
1.55 sthen 377: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 378: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
379: <p>
1.37 henning 380: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
381: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 382: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 383: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 384: <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 385: <br>
1.55 sthen 386: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 387: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
388: <p>
389: </ul>
390: <p>
1.37 henning 391: <a name="mac68k"></a>
392: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 393: <ul>
1.37 henning 394: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
395: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 396: <br>
397: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
398: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
399: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
400: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
401: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
402: <br>
403: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
404: commands as root:
1.37 henning 405: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 406: # cd /dev
407: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 408: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 409: <p>
410: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
411: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
412: </ul>
413: <p>
1.37 henning 414: <a name="sparc"></a>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 416: <ul>
1.37 henning 417: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
418: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 419: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 420: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 421: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
422: <p>
1.37 henning 423: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
424: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 425: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
426: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 427: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 428: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
429: <p>
1.1 deraadt 430: </ul>
431: <p>
1.37 henning 432: <a name="amiga"></a>
433: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 434: <ul>
1.37 henning 435: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
436: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 437: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
438: files for installation, ie:
439: <pre>
440: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
451: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
452: </pre>
453: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
454: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
455: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
456: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
457: <p>
458: </ul>
459: <p>
1.37 henning 460: <a name="pmax"></a>
461: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 462: <ul>
1.37 henning 463: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
464: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 465: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
466: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 467: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 468: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
469: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
470: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
471: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
472: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
473: <br>
1.55 sthen 474: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 475: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
476: <p>
477: </ul>
478: <p>
1.37 henning 479: <a name="arc"></a>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 481: <ul>
482: <li>No problems identified yet.
483: </ul>
484: <p>
1.37 henning 485: <a name="alpha"></a>
486: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 487: <ul>
488: <li>No problems identified yet.
489: </ul>
490: <p>
1.37 henning 491: <a name="hp300"></a>
492: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 493: <ul>
494: <li>No problems identified yet.
495: </ul>
496: <p>
1.37 henning 497: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 499: <ul>
500: <li>No problems identified yet.
501: </ul>
502: <p>
1.37 henning 503: <a name="powerpc"></a>
504: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 505: <ul>
506: <li>No problems identified yet.
507: </ul>
508:
509: <br>
510:
511: <hr>
512: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
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516: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
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523: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
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1.58 nick 543: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.59 ! sthen 544: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
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547:
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