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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>,
1.62 ! deraadt 58: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
! 59: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>.
1.30 deraadt 60: <br>
1.1 deraadt 61: <hr>
62:
1.55 sthen 63: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 64: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
65: This file is updated once a day.
66:
67: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
68: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
69:
70: <p>
1.32 deraadt 71: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 72: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
73: <hr>
74:
1.37 henning 75: <a name="all"></a>
76: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 77: <ul>
1.37 henning 78: <li><a name="readline"></a>
79: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 80: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
81: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 83: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
84: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
85: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
86: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
87: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 88: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 89: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
90: <p>
1.37 henning 91: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
92: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 93: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 95: <br>
1.55 sthen 96: <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 97: <p>
1.37 henning 98: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 100: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 101: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 102: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
103: <p>
1.37 henning 104: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
105: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 106: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
107: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
110: <p>
1.37 henning 111: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 113: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 114: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.37 henning 117: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
120: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
121: reported to the
122: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
123: mailing list.
124: <br>
1.55 sthen 125: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.37 henning 128: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
1.22 pvalchev 131: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 132: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
133: (These modules are not active by default).
134: <br>
1.55 sthen 135: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.37 henning 138: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
141: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
142: <br>
1.55 sthen 143: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.37 henning 146: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
149: <br>
1.55 sthen 150: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.37 henning 153: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
156: <br>
1.55 sthen 157: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
159: <p>
1.37 henning 160: <li><a name="curses"></a>
161: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 162: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
163: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
164: applications.
165: <br>
1.55 sthen 166: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: <p>
1.37 henning 169: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
170: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
172: yet what the impact is.
173: <br>
1.55 sthen 174: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
176: <p>
1.37 henning 177: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
178: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
180: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
181: which disables its functionality, do
182: <pre>
183: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
184: </pre>
1.55 sthen 185: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
187: <p>
1.37 henning 188: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
189: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 191: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
193: <p>
1.37 henning 194: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
195: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
197: its functionality, do
198: <pre>
199: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
200: </pre>
1.55 sthen 201: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
203: <p>
1.37 henning 204: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
205: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
207: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
208: <ul>
1.33 naddy 209: <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 210: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
211: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 212: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 213: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
214: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 215: <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 216: libICE DoS</a><br>
217: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 218: <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 219: Server overflow</a><br>
220: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
221: <br>
1.34 deraadt 222: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 223: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
224: </ul>
225: <br>
1.55 sthen 226: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
228: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
229: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
230: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
231: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
232: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
233: time /etc/weekly runs.
234: <p>
1.37 henning 235: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
236: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
238: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
239: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
240: <br>
1.55 sthen 241: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
1.37 henning 244: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
245: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 246: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
247: <br>
1.55 sthen 248: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 249: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
250: <p>
1.37 henning 251: <li><a name="screen"></a>
252: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 253: <br>
254: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
255: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
256: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
257: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
258: <br>
1.55 sthen 259: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
261: <p>
1.37 henning 262: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
263: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 264: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
265: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
266: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
267: <br>
1.55 sthen 268: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
270: <p>
1.37 henning 271: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
272: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 273: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
274: server to be executed in the shell as root.
275: <br>
1.55 sthen 276: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
278: <p>
1.37 henning 279: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
280: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 281: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
282: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
283: <br>
1.55 sthen 284: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: <p>
1.37 henning 287: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
288: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
290: <br>
1.55 sthen 291: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
293: <p>
1.37 henning 294: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
295: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 296: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
297: <br>
1.55 sthen 298: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 299: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
300: <p>
1.37 henning 301: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
302: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 303: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
304: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
305: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
306: <p>
1.37 henning 307: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
308: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 309: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
310: to crash the machine remote or locally.
311: <br>
1.55 sthen 312: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
314: <p>
1.37 henning 315: <li><a name="route"></a>
316: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
318: <br>
1.55 sthen 319: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 320: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
321: <p>
1.37 henning 322: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
323: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 324: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
325: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 326: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 327: <br>
1.55 sthen 328: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 329: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
330: <p>
1.37 henning 331: <li><a name="ef"></a>
332: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 333: The
1.33 naddy 334: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 335: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
336: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 337: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 338: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
339: <p>
1.37 henning 340: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
341: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 342: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 343: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 344: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 345: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
346: to version 3.3.16.
347: <p>
348: </ul>
349: <p>
1.37 henning 350: <a name="i386"></a>
351: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 352: <ul>
1.37 henning 353: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
354: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 355: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 356: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
357: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
358: from working.
359: <br>
1.55 sthen 360: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 361: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
362: <p>
1.37 henning 363: <li><a name="ste"></a>
364: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 365: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 366: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
367: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
368: boot-time.
369: <br>
1.55 sthen 370: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 371: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
372: <p>
1.37 henning 373: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
374: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 375: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
376: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
377: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
378: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
379: <br>
1.55 sthen 380: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 381: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
382: <p>
1.37 henning 383: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
384: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 385: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 386: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 387: <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 388: <br>
1.55 sthen 389: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 390: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
391: <p>
392: </ul>
393: <p>
1.37 henning 394: <a name="mac68k"></a>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 396: <ul>
1.37 henning 397: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
398: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 399: <br>
400: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
401: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
402: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
403: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
404: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
405: <br>
406: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
407: commands as root:
1.37 henning 408: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 409: # cd /dev
410: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 411: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 412: <p>
413: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
414: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
415: </ul>
416: <p>
1.37 henning 417: <a name="sparc"></a>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 419: <ul>
1.37 henning 420: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
421: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 422: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 423: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 424: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
425: <p>
1.37 henning 426: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
427: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 428: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
429: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 430: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 431: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
432: <p>
1.1 deraadt 433: </ul>
434: <p>
1.37 henning 435: <a name="amiga"></a>
436: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 437: <ul>
1.37 henning 438: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
439: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 440: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
441: files for installation, ie:
442: <pre>
443: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
451: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
452: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
453: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
454: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
455: </pre>
456: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
457: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
458: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
459: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
460: <p>
461: </ul>
462: <p>
1.37 henning 463: <a name="pmax"></a>
464: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 465: <ul>
1.37 henning 466: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
467: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 468: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
469: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 470: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 471: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
472: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
473: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
474: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
475: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
476: <br>
1.55 sthen 477: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 478: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
479: <p>
480: </ul>
481: <p>
1.37 henning 482: <a name="arc"></a>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 484: <ul>
485: <li>No problems identified yet.
486: </ul>
487: <p>
1.37 henning 488: <a name="alpha"></a>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 490: <ul>
491: <li>No problems identified yet.
492: </ul>
493: <p>
1.37 henning 494: <a name="hp300"></a>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 496: <ul>
497: <li>No problems identified yet.
498: </ul>
499: <p>
1.37 henning 500: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
501: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 502: <ul>
503: <li>No problems identified yet.
504: </ul>
505: <p>
1.37 henning 506: <a name="powerpc"></a>
507: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 508: <ul>
509: <li>No problems identified yet.
510: </ul>
511:
512: <br>
513:
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