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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>,
1.61 ! deraadt 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
! 58: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>.
1.30 deraadt 59: <br>
1.1 deraadt 60: <hr>
61:
1.55 sthen 62: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 63: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
64: This file is updated once a day.
65:
66: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
67: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
68:
69: <p>
1.32 deraadt 70: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 71: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
72: <hr>
73:
1.37 henning 74: <a name="all"></a>
75: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 76: <ul>
1.37 henning 77: <li><a name="readline"></a>
78: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 79: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
80: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 81: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 82: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
83: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
84: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
85: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
86: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 87: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 88: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
89: <p>
1.37 henning 90: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 92: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 94: <br>
1.55 sthen 95: <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 96: <p>
1.37 henning 97: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 99: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 100: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 101: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
102: <p>
1.37 henning 103: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 105: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
106: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 107: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.37 henning 110: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 112: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 113: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
115: <p>
1.37 henning 116: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
119: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
120: reported to the
121: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
122: mailing list.
123: <br>
1.55 sthen 124: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.37 henning 127: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 130: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 131: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
132: (These modules are not active by default).
133: <br>
1.55 sthen 134: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.37 henning 137: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
138: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
140: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
141: <br>
1.55 sthen 142: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.37 henning 145: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
146: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
148: <br>
1.55 sthen 149: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.37 henning 152: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
155: <br>
1.55 sthen 156: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <p>
1.37 henning 159: <li><a name="curses"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
162: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
163: applications.
164: <br>
1.55 sthen 165: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.37 henning 168: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
169: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 170: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
171: yet what the impact is.
172: <br>
1.55 sthen 173: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <p>
1.37 henning 176: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
177: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
179: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
180: which disables its functionality, do
181: <pre>
182: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
183: </pre>
1.55 sthen 184: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
186: <p>
1.37 henning 187: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
188: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 189: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 190: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
192: <p>
1.37 henning 193: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
194: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 195: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
196: its functionality, do
197: <pre>
198: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
199: </pre>
1.55 sthen 200: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <p>
1.37 henning 203: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
206: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
207: <ul>
1.33 naddy 208: <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 209: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
210: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 211: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 212: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
213: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 214: <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 215: libICE DoS</a><br>
216: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 217: <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 218: Server overflow</a><br>
219: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
220: <br>
1.34 deraadt 221: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 222: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
223: </ul>
224: <br>
1.55 sthen 225: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
227: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
228: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
229: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
230: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
231: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
232: time /etc/weekly runs.
233: <p>
1.37 henning 234: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
235: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
237: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
238: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
239: <br>
1.55 sthen 240: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
242: <p>
1.37 henning 243: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
244: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 245: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
246: <br>
1.55 sthen 247: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <p>
1.37 henning 250: <li><a name="screen"></a>
251: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 252: <br>
253: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
254: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
255: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
256: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
257: <br>
1.55 sthen 258: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
1.37 henning 261: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
264: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
265: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
266: <br>
1.55 sthen 267: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 268: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
269: <p>
1.37 henning 270: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
271: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 272: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
273: server to be executed in the shell as root.
274: <br>
1.55 sthen 275: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 276: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
277: <p>
1.37 henning 278: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
279: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 280: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
281: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
282: <br>
1.55 sthen 283: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
285: <p>
1.37 henning 286: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
287: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
289: <br>
1.55 sthen 290: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 291: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
292: <p>
1.37 henning 293: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
294: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 295: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
296: <br>
1.55 sthen 297: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 298: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
299: <p>
1.37 henning 300: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
301: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 302: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
303: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
304: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
305: <p>
1.37 henning 306: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
307: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 308: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
309: to crash the machine remote or locally.
310: <br>
1.55 sthen 311: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 312: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
313: <p>
1.37 henning 314: <li><a name="route"></a>
315: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 316: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
317: <br>
1.55 sthen 318: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 319: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
320: <p>
1.37 henning 321: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
322: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 323: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
324: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 325: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 326: <br>
1.55 sthen 327: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 328: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
329: <p>
1.37 henning 330: <li><a name="ef"></a>
331: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 332: The
1.33 naddy 333: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 334: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
335: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 336: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 337: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
338: <p>
1.37 henning 339: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
340: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 341: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 342: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 343: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 344: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
345: to version 3.3.16.
346: <p>
347: </ul>
348: <p>
1.37 henning 349: <a name="i386"></a>
350: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 351: <ul>
1.37 henning 352: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
353: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 354: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 355: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
356: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
357: from working.
358: <br>
1.55 sthen 359: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 360: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
361: <p>
1.37 henning 362: <li><a name="ste"></a>
363: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 364: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 365: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
366: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
367: boot-time.
368: <br>
1.55 sthen 369: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 370: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
371: <p>
1.37 henning 372: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
373: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 374: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
375: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
376: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
377: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
378: <br>
1.55 sthen 379: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 380: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
381: <p>
1.37 henning 382: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
383: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 384: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 385: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 386: <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 387: <br>
1.55 sthen 388: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 389: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
390: <p>
391: </ul>
392: <p>
1.37 henning 393: <a name="mac68k"></a>
394: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 395: <ul>
1.37 henning 396: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
397: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 398: <br>
399: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
400: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
401: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
402: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
403: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
404: <br>
405: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
406: commands as root:
1.37 henning 407: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 408: # cd /dev
409: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 410: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 411: <p>
412: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
413: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
414: </ul>
415: <p>
1.37 henning 416: <a name="sparc"></a>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 418: <ul>
1.37 henning 419: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
420: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 421: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 422: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 423: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
424: <p>
1.37 henning 425: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
426: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 427: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
428: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 429: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 430: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
431: <p>
1.1 deraadt 432: </ul>
433: <p>
1.37 henning 434: <a name="amiga"></a>
435: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 436: <ul>
1.37 henning 437: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
438: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 439: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
440: files for installation, ie:
441: <pre>
442: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
451: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
452: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
453: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
454: </pre>
455: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
456: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
457: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
458: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
459: <p>
460: </ul>
461: <p>
1.37 henning 462: <a name="pmax"></a>
463: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 464: <ul>
1.37 henning 465: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
466: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 467: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
468: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 469: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 470: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
471: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
472: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
473: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
474: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
475: <br>
1.55 sthen 476: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 477: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
478: <p>
479: </ul>
480: <p>
1.37 henning 481: <a name="arc"></a>
482: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 483: <ul>
484: <li>No problems identified yet.
485: </ul>
486: <p>
1.37 henning 487: <a name="alpha"></a>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 489: <ul>
490: <li>No problems identified yet.
491: </ul>
492: <p>
1.37 henning 493: <a name="hp300"></a>
494: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 495: <ul>
496: <li>No problems identified yet.
497: </ul>
498: <p>
1.37 henning 499: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
500: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 501: <ul>
502: <li>No problems identified yet.
503: </ul>
504: <p>
1.37 henning 505: <a name="powerpc"></a>
506: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 507: <ul>
508: <li>No problems identified yet.
509: </ul>
510:
511: <br>
512:
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