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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>,
1.60 ! deraadt 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
! 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>.
1.30 deraadt 58: <br>
1.1 deraadt 59: <hr>
60:
1.55 sthen 61: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 62: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
63: This file is updated once a day.
64:
65: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
66: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
67:
68: <p>
1.32 deraadt 69: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 70: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
71: <hr>
72:
1.37 henning 73: <a name="all"></a>
74: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 75: <ul>
1.37 henning 76: <li><a name="readline"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 78: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
79: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 80: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 81: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
82: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
83: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
84: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
85: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 86: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 87: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
88: <p>
1.37 henning 89: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 91: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 92: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 93: <br>
1.55 sthen 94: <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 95: <p>
1.37 henning 96: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 98: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 99: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 100: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
101: <p>
1.37 henning 102: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 104: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
105: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 106: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.37 henning 109: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 111: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 112: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.37 henning 115: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
118: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
119: reported to the
120: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
121: mailing list.
122: <br>
1.55 sthen 123: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.37 henning 126: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
127: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 129: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 130: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
131: (These modules are not active by default).
132: <br>
1.55 sthen 133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.37 henning 136: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
139: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
140: <br>
1.55 sthen 141: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.37 henning 144: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
145: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
147: <br>
1.55 sthen 148: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.37 henning 151: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
154: <br>
1.55 sthen 155: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.37 henning 158: <li><a name="curses"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
161: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
162: applications.
163: <br>
1.55 sthen 164: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <p>
1.37 henning 167: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
168: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
170: yet what the impact is.
171: <br>
1.55 sthen 172: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
174: <p>
1.37 henning 175: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
176: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
178: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
179: which disables its functionality, do
180: <pre>
181: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
182: </pre>
1.55 sthen 183: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 184: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
185: <p>
1.37 henning 186: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
187: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 189: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.37 henning 192: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
193: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
195: its functionality, do
196: <pre>
197: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
198: </pre>
1.55 sthen 199: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
201: <p>
1.37 henning 202: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
203: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 204: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
205: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
206: <ul>
1.33 naddy 207: <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 208: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
209: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 210: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 211: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
212: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 213: <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 214: libICE DoS</a><br>
215: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 216: <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 217: Server overflow</a><br>
218: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
219: <br>
1.34 deraadt 220: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 221: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
222: </ul>
223: <br>
1.55 sthen 224: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
226: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
227: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
228: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
229: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
230: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
231: time /etc/weekly runs.
232: <p>
1.37 henning 233: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
234: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 235: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
236: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
237: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
238: <br>
1.55 sthen 239: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <p>
1.37 henning 242: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
243: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 244: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
245: <br>
1.55 sthen 246: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 247: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
248: <p>
1.37 henning 249: <li><a name="screen"></a>
250: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 251: <br>
252: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
253: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
254: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
255: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
256: <br>
1.55 sthen 257: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
259: <p>
1.37 henning 260: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
261: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 262: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
263: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
264: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
265: <br>
1.55 sthen 266: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
1.37 henning 269: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
272: server to be executed in the shell as root.
273: <br>
1.55 sthen 274: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
276: <p>
1.37 henning 277: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
278: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 279: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
280: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
281: <br>
1.55 sthen 282: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
284: <p>
1.37 henning 285: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
286: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
288: <br>
1.55 sthen 289: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 290: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
291: <p>
1.37 henning 292: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
293: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 294: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
295: <br>
1.55 sthen 296: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 297: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
298: <p>
1.37 henning 299: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
300: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
302: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
303: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
304: <p>
1.37 henning 305: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
306: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
308: to crash the machine remote or locally.
309: <br>
1.55 sthen 310: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 311: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
312: <p>
1.37 henning 313: <li><a name="route"></a>
314: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 315: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
316: <br>
1.55 sthen 317: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 318: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
319: <p>
1.37 henning 320: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
321: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 322: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
323: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 324: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 325: <br>
1.55 sthen 326: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 327: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
328: <p>
1.37 henning 329: <li><a name="ef"></a>
330: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 331: The
1.33 naddy 332: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 333: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
334: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 335: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 336: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
337: <p>
1.37 henning 338: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
339: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 340: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 341: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 342: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 343: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
344: to version 3.3.16.
345: <p>
346: </ul>
347: <p>
1.37 henning 348: <a name="i386"></a>
349: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 350: <ul>
1.37 henning 351: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
352: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 353: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 354: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
355: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
356: from working.
357: <br>
1.55 sthen 358: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 359: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
360: <p>
1.37 henning 361: <li><a name="ste"></a>
362: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 363: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 364: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
365: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
366: boot-time.
367: <br>
1.55 sthen 368: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 369: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
370: <p>
1.37 henning 371: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
372: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 373: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
374: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
375: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
376: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
377: <br>
1.55 sthen 378: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 379: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
380: <p>
1.37 henning 381: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
382: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 383: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 384: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 385: <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 386: <br>
1.55 sthen 387: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 388: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
389: <p>
390: </ul>
391: <p>
1.37 henning 392: <a name="mac68k"></a>
393: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 394: <ul>
1.37 henning 395: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
396: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 397: <br>
398: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
399: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
400: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
401: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
402: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
403: <br>
404: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
405: commands as root:
1.37 henning 406: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 407: # cd /dev
408: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 409: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 410: <p>
411: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
412: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
413: </ul>
414: <p>
1.37 henning 415: <a name="sparc"></a>
416: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 417: <ul>
1.37 henning 418: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
419: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 420: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 421: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 422: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
423: <p>
1.37 henning 424: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
425: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 426: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
427: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 428: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 429: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
430: <p>
1.1 deraadt 431: </ul>
432: <p>
1.37 henning 433: <a name="amiga"></a>
434: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 435: <ul>
1.37 henning 436: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
437: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 438: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
439: files for installation, ie:
440: <pre>
441: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
451: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
452: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
453: </pre>
454: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
455: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
456: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
457: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
458: <p>
459: </ul>
460: <p>
1.37 henning 461: <a name="pmax"></a>
462: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 463: <ul>
1.37 henning 464: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
465: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 466: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
467: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 468: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 469: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
470: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
471: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
472: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
473: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
474: <br>
1.55 sthen 475: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 476: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
477: <p>
478: </ul>
479: <p>
1.37 henning 480: <a name="arc"></a>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 482: <ul>
483: <li>No problems identified yet.
484: </ul>
485: <p>
1.37 henning 486: <a name="alpha"></a>
487: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 488: <ul>
489: <li>No problems identified yet.
490: </ul>
491: <p>
1.37 henning 492: <a name="hp300"></a>
493: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 494: <ul>
495: <li>No problems identified yet.
496: </ul>
497: <p>
1.37 henning 498: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
499: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 500: <ul>
501: <li>No problems identified yet.
502: </ul>
503: <p>
1.37 henning 504: <a name="powerpc"></a>
505: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 506: <ul>
507: <li>No problems identified yet.
508: </ul>
509:
510: <br>
511:
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