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1.1 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.7 release errata & patch list:
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22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 23: <br>
1.31 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 25: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
26: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
27: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
28: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
29: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
30: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 36: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 37: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 38: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 39: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.65 ! deraadt 40: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.50 deraadt 41: <br>
1.44 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 48: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 deraadt 49: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.54 deraadt 50: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.56 deraadt 51: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.57 miod 52: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.58 nick 53: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.59 sthen 54: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.60 deraadt 55: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.61 deraadt 56: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.62 deraadt 57: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.65 ! deraadt 58: <br>
1.63 deraadt 59: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
60: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.30 deraadt 61: <br>
1.1 deraadt 62: <hr>
63:
1.55 sthen 64: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 65: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
66: This file is updated once a day.
67:
68: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
69: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
70:
71: <p>
1.32 deraadt 72: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.1 deraadt 73: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
74: <hr>
75:
1.37 henning 76: <a name="all"></a>
77: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 78: <ul>
1.37 henning 79: <li><a name="readline"></a>
80: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 81: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
82: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 83: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 84: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
85: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
86: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
87: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
88: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.55 sthen 89: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch
1.13 millert 90: ">A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a><br>
91: <p>
1.37 henning 92: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 94: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 96: <br>
1.55 sthen 97: <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 98: <p>
1.37 henning 99: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 101: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 102: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.7 millert 103: A source code patch exists which remedies the problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.37 henning 105: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 107: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
108: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 109: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.37 henning 112: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 114: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 115: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.37 henning 118: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
119: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
121: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 122: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 123: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 124: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 125: <br>
1.55 sthen 126: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.37 henning 129: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
130: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.63 deraadt 131: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
132: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 133: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
134: (These modules are not active by default).
135: <br>
1.55 sthen 136: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.37 henning 139: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
142: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
143: <br>
1.55 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.37 henning 147: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
150: <br>
1.55 sthen 151: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <p>
1.37 henning 154: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
155: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
157: <br>
1.55 sthen 158: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.37 henning 161: <li><a name="curses"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
164: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
165: applications.
166: <br>
1.55 sthen 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
1.37 henning 170: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
173: yet what the impact is.
174: <br>
1.55 sthen 175: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
177: <p>
1.37 henning 178: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
181: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
182: which disables its functionality, do
183: <pre>
184: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
185: </pre>
1.55 sthen 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
188: <p>
1.37 henning 189: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 192: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
194: <p>
1.37 henning 195: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
196: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 197: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
198: its functionality, do
199: <pre>
200: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
201: </pre>
1.55 sthen 202: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
204: <p>
1.37 henning 205: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
206: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 207: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
208: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
209: <ul>
1.33 naddy 210: <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 211: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
212: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 213: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 214: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
215: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 216: <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 217: libICE DoS</a><br>
218: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 219: <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 220: Server overflow</a><br>
221: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
222: <br>
1.34 deraadt 223: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 224: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
225: </ul>
226: <br>
1.55 sthen 227: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies these problems.</a><br>
229: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
230: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
231: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
232: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
233: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
234: time /etc/weekly runs.
235: <p>
1.37 henning 236: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
237: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.63 deraadt 238: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 239: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
240: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
241: <br>
1.55 sthen 242: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 243: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
244: <p>
1.37 henning 245: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
246: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 247: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
248: <br>
1.55 sthen 249: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.37 henning 252: <li><a name="screen"></a>
253: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 254: <br>
1.63 deraadt 255: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
256: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
257: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 258: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
259: <br>
1.55 sthen 260: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.37 henning 263: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
264: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
266: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
267: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
268: <br>
1.55 sthen 269: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 270: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
271: <p>
1.37 henning 272: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
273: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 274: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
275: server to be executed in the shell as root.
276: <br>
1.55 sthen 277: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 278: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
279: <p>
1.37 henning 280: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
281: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
283: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
284: <br>
1.55 sthen 285: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 286: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
287: <p>
1.37 henning 288: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
289: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
291: <br>
1.55 sthen 292: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 293: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
294: <p>
1.37 henning 295: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
296: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
298: <br>
1.55 sthen 299: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
301: <p>
1.37 henning 302: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
303: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 304: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
305: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
306: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
307: <p>
1.37 henning 308: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
309: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 310: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
311: to crash the machine remote or locally.
312: <br>
1.55 sthen 313: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 314: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
315: <p>
1.37 henning 316: <li><a name="route"></a>
317: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 318: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
319: <br>
1.55 sthen 320: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
322: <p>
1.37 henning 323: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
324: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 325: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
326: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 327: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 328: <br>
1.55 sthen 329: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
331: <p>
1.37 henning 332: <li><a name="ef"></a>
333: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 334: The
1.33 naddy 335: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 336: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
337: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 338: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 339: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
340: <p>
1.37 henning 341: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
342: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 343: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 344: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 345: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 346: A source code patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
347: to version 3.3.16.
348: <p>
349: </ul>
350: <p>
1.37 henning 351: <a name="i386"></a>
352: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 353: <ul>
1.37 henning 354: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
355: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 356: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 357: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
358: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
359: from working.
360: <br>
1.55 sthen 361: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 362: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
363: <p>
1.37 henning 364: <li><a name="ste"></a>
365: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 366: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 367: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
368: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
369: boot-time.
370: <br>
1.55 sthen 371: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 372: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
373: <p>
1.37 henning 374: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
375: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 376: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
377: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
378: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
379: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
380: <br>
1.55 sthen 381: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.1 deraadt 382: There is now a second revision of the source code patch which remedies this problem.</a>
383: <p>
1.37 henning 384: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
385: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 386: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 387: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 388: <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 389: <br>
1.55 sthen 390: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 391: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
392: <p>
393: </ul>
394: <p>
1.37 henning 395: <a name="mac68k"></a>
396: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 397: <ul>
1.37 henning 398: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
399: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 400: <br>
401: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
402: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
403: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
404: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
405: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
406: <br>
407: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
408: commands as root:
1.37 henning 409: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 410: # cd /dev
411: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 412: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 413: <p>
414: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
415: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
416: </ul>
417: <p>
1.37 henning 418: <a name="sparc"></a>
419: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 420: <ul>
1.37 henning 421: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
422: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 423: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 424: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 425: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
426: <p>
1.37 henning 427: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
428: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 429: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
430: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 431: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 432: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
433: <p>
1.1 deraadt 434: </ul>
435: <p>
1.37 henning 436: <a name="amiga"></a>
437: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 438: <ul>
1.37 henning 439: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
440: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 441: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
442: files for installation, ie:
443: <pre>
444: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
445: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
446: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
447: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
451: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
452: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
453: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
454: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
455: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
456: </pre>
457: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
458: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
459: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
460: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
461: <p>
462: </ul>
463: <p>
1.37 henning 464: <a name="pmax"></a>
465: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 466: <ul>
1.37 henning 467: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
468: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 469: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
470: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 471: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 472: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
473: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
474: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
475: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
476: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
477: <br>
1.55 sthen 478: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 479: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
480: <p>
481: </ul>
482: <p>
1.37 henning 483: <a name="arc"></a>
484: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 485: <ul>
486: <li>No problems identified yet.
487: </ul>
488: <p>
1.37 henning 489: <a name="alpha"></a>
490: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 491: <ul>
492: <li>No problems identified yet.
493: </ul>
494: <p>
1.37 henning 495: <a name="hp300"></a>
496: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 497: <ul>
498: <li>No problems identified yet.
499: </ul>
500: <p>
1.37 henning 501: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
502: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 503: <ul>
504: <li>No problems identified yet.
505: </ul>
506: <p>
1.37 henning 507: <a name="powerpc"></a>
508: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 509: <ul>
510: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.64 deraadt 511:
1.1 deraadt 512: </ul>
513:
514: </body>
515: </html>
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