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1.1 deraadt 16: This is the OpenBSD 2.7 release errata & patch list:
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21: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.30 deraadt 22: <br>
1.31 deraadt 23: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.30 deraadt 24: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
25: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
26: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
27: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
30: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
31: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
32: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
33: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.35 deraadt 34: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.36 david 35: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.40 david 36: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.41 miod 37: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 38: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.65 deraadt 39: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.50 deraadt 40: <br>
1.44 deraadt 41: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.45 deraadt 42: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.46 deraadt 43: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.48 merdely 44: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.49 deraadt 45: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.50 deraadt 46: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.52 deraadt 47: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.53 deraadt 48: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.54 deraadt 49: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.56 deraadt 50: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.57 miod 51: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.58 nick 52: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.59 sthen 53: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.60 deraadt 54: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.61 deraadt 55: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.62 deraadt 56: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.65 deraadt 57: <br>
1.63 deraadt 58: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</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.
1.66 ! deraadt 66: <p>
1.1 deraadt 67:
1.66 ! deraadt 68: The patches below are available in CVS via the
1.1 deraadt 69: <code>OPENBSD_2_7</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.66 ! deraadt 70: <p>
1.1 deraadt 71:
1.66 ! deraadt 72: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
! 73: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
1.1 deraadt 74: <p>
1.66 ! deraadt 75:
1.1 deraadt 76: <hr>
77:
1.37 henning 78: <a name="all"></a>
79: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 80: <ul>
1.37 henning 81: <li><a name="readline"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.16 horacio 83: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
84: with a permissive
1.33 naddy 85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umask&sektion=2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 86: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
87: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
88: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
89: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
90: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.66 ! deraadt 91: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
! 92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 93: <p>
1.37 henning 94: <li><a name="sudo"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font><br>
1.20 millert 96: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.33 naddy 97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sudo&sektion=8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 98: <br>
1.66 ! deraadt 99: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
! 100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 101: <p>
1.37 henning 102: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 millert 104: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.55 sthen 105: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.66 ! deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 107: <p>
1.37 henning 108: <li><a name="sshforwarding"> </a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.4 deraadt 110: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
111: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.55 sthen 112: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.37 henning 115: <li><a name="execsubr"> </a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 aaron 117: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.55 sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.37 henning 121: <li><a name="xtrans"> </a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
124: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 125: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 126: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 127: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 128: <br>
1.55 sthen 129: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.37 henning 132: <li><a name="httpd"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.63 deraadt 134: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
135: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 136: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
137: (These modules are not active by default).
138: <br>
1.55 sthen 139: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.37 henning 142: <li><a name="telnetd"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
145: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
146: <br>
1.55 sthen 147: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <p>
1.37 henning 150: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
151: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
153: <br>
1.55 sthen 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.37 henning 157: <li><a name="format_strings"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
160: <br>
1.55 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.37 henning 164: <li><a name="curses"></a>
165: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
167: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
168: applications.
169: <br>
1.55 sthen 170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.37 henning 173: <li><a name="talkd"></a>
174: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 175: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
176: yet what the impact is.
177: <br>
1.55 sthen 178: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
1.37 henning 181: <li><a name="pw_error"></a>
182: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 183: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
184: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
185: which disables its functionality, do
186: <pre>
187: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
188: </pre>
1.55 sthen 189: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.37 henning 192: <li><a name="ipsec"></a>
193: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.55 sthen 195: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
197: <p>
1.37 henning 198: <li><a name="xlock"></a>
199: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
201: its functionality, do
202: <pre>
203: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
204: </pre>
1.55 sthen 205: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
207: <p>
1.37 henning 208: <li><a name="X11_libs"></a>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
211: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
212: <ul>
1.33 naddy 213: <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 214: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
215: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 216: <li><a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-06-15&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192251480.9945-100000@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk">
1.1 deraadt 217: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
218: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 219: <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 220: libICE DoS</a><br>
221: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 222: <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 223: Server overflow</a><br>
224: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
225: <br>
1.34 deraadt 226: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 227: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
228: </ul>
229: <br>
1.55 sthen 230: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 ! deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 232: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
233: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
234: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
235: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
236: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
237: time /etc/weekly runs.
238: <p>
1.37 henning 239: <li><a name="ftpd"></a>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.63 deraadt 241: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 242: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
243: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
244: <br>
1.55 sthen 245: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <p>
1.37 henning 248: <li><a name="mopd"></a>
249: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 250: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
251: <br>
1.55 sthen 252: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.37 henning 255: <li><a name="screen"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 257: <br>
1.63 deraadt 258: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
259: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
260: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 261: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
262: <br>
1.55 sthen 263: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 264: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
265: <p>
1.37 henning 266: <li><a name="libedit"></a>
267: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 268: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
269: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
270: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
271: <br>
1.55 sthen 272: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
1.37 henning 275: <li><a name="dhclient"></a>
276: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 277: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
278: server to be executed in the shell as root.
279: <br>
1.55 sthen 280: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
282: <p>
1.37 henning 283: <li><a name="isakmpd"></a>
284: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
286: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
287: <br>
1.55 sthen 288: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: <p>
1.37 henning 291: <li><a name="msdosfs"></a>
292: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
294: <br>
1.55 sthen 295: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 296: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
297: <p>
1.37 henning 298: <li><a name="cd9660"></a>
299: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 300: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
301: <br>
1.55 sthen 302: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 303: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
304: <p>
1.37 henning 305: <li><a name="uselogin"></a>
306: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
308: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
309: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
310: <p>
1.37 henning 311: <li><a name="ipopts"></a>
312: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 313: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
314: to crash the machine remote or locally.
315: <br>
1.55 sthen 316: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
318: <p>
1.37 henning 319: <li><a name="route"></a>
320: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 321: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
322: <br>
1.55 sthen 323: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 324: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
325: <p>
1.37 henning 326: <li><a name="bridge"></a>
327: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 328: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
329: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.33 naddy 330: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 331: <br>
1.55 sthen 332: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 333: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
334: <p>
1.37 henning 335: <li><a name="ef"></a>
336: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 337: The
1.33 naddy 338: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ef&sektion=4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 339: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
340: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.55 sthen 341: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 342: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
343: <p>
1.37 henning 344: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
345: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.23 horacio 346: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 347: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.55 sthen 348: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.66 ! deraadt 349: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 350: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.1 deraadt 351: <p>
352: </ul>
353: <p>
1.37 henning 354: <a name="i386"></a>
355: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 356: <ul>
1.37 henning 357: <li><a name="xlhash"></a>
358: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 359: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 360: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
361: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
362: from working.
363: <br>
1.55 sthen 364: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.1 deraadt 365: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
366: <p>
1.37 henning 367: <li><a name="ste"></a>
368: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 369: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">ste(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 370: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
371: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
372: boot-time.
373: <br>
1.55 sthen 374: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.1 deraadt 375: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
376: <p>
1.37 henning 377: <li><a name="pcvt"></a>
378: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 379: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
380: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
381: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
382: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
383: <br>
1.55 sthen 384: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.66 ! deraadt 385: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 386: This is the second revision of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 387: <p>
1.37 henning 388: <li><a name="if_an"></a>
389: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.33 naddy 390: The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">an(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 391: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.33 naddy 392: <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 393: <br>
1.55 sthen 394: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.1 deraadt 395: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
396: <p>
397: </ul>
398: <p>
1.37 henning 399: <a name="mac68k"></a>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 401: <ul>
1.37 henning 402: <li><a name="mac68k_arandom"></a>
403: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
1.1 deraadt 404: <br>
405: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
406: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
407: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
408: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
409: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
410: <br>
411: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
412: commands as root:
1.37 henning 413: <pre>
1.8 deraadt 414: # cd /dev
415: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
1.37 henning 416: </pre>
1.1 deraadt 417: <p>
418: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
419: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
420: </ul>
421: <p>
1.37 henning 422: <a name="sparc"></a>
423: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 424: <ul>
1.37 henning 425: <li><a name="qe"> </a>
426: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.6 jason 427: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.55 sthen 428: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.6 jason 429: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
430: <p>
1.37 henning 431: <li><a name="zsconsole"> </a>
432: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.3 deraadt 433: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
434: cause great grief.<br>
1.55 sthen 435: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.3 deraadt 436: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
437: <p>
1.1 deraadt 438: </ul>
439: <p>
1.37 henning 440: <a name="amiga"></a>
441: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 442: <ul>
1.37 henning 443: <li><a name="amiga_cd"></a>
444: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 445: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
446: files for installation, ie:
447: <pre>
448: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
449: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
450: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
451: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
452: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
453: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
454: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
455: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
456: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
457: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
458: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
459: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
460: </pre>
461: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
462: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
463: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
464: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
465: <p>
466: </ul>
467: <p>
1.37 henning 468: <a name="pmax"></a>
469: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 470: <ul>
1.37 henning 471: <li><a name="pmax_msgbuf"></a>
472: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 473: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
474: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
1.22 pvalchev 475: The necessary fixes have been merged,
1.1 deraadt 476: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
477: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
478: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
479: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
480: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
481: <br>
1.55 sthen 482: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.1 deraadt 483: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
484: <p>
485: </ul>
486: <p>
1.64 deraadt 487:
1.1 deraadt 488: </ul>
489:
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