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1.83 tj 22: <font color="#e00000">2.7 Errata</font>
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1.1 deraadt 25:
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28: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
29: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
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33: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
34: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
35: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
36: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
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1.36 david 38: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
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1.41 miod 40: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.42 deraadt 41: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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1.59 sthen 56: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.60 deraadt 57: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.61 deraadt 58: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
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1.78 deraadt 64: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
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1.87 tj 67: <a href="errata60.html">6.0</a>,
1.91 ! deraadt 68: <a href="errata61.html">6.1</a>,
! 69: <a href="errata62.html">6.2</a>.
1.1 deraadt 70: <hr>
71:
1.66 deraadt 72: <p>
1.87 tj 73: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
74: Each patch contains usage instructions.
75: All the following patches are also available in one
76: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
77: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 78:
79: <p>
1.87 tj 80: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.88 tj 81: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 82:
1.1 deraadt 83: <hr>
84:
85: <ul>
1.73 bentley 86: <li id="readline">
1.69 deraadt 87: <font color="#009000"><strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong></font>
88: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.16 horacio 89: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
90: with a permissive
1.90 tb 91: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 92: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
93: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
94: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
95: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
96: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.86 tb 97: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
1.66 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 99: <p>
1.73 bentley 100: <li id="sudo">
1.69 deraadt 101: <font color="#009000"><strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong></font>
102: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.20 millert 103: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.90 tb 104: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 105: <br>
1.86 tb 106: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
1.66 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 108: <p>
1.73 bentley 109: <li id="ftpd">
1.69 deraadt 110: <font color="#009000"><strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong></font>
111: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 millert 112: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.86 tb 113: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 115: <p>
1.73 bentley 116: <li id="qe">
1.68 deraadt 117: <font color="#009000"><strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
118: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.86 tb 119: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.68 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.73 bentley 122: <li id="sshforwarding">
1.69 deraadt 123: <font color="#009000"><strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font>
124: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.4 deraadt 125: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
126: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.86 tb 127: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.73 bentley 130: <li id="zsconsole">
1.68 deraadt 131: <font color="#009000"><strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
132: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
133: cause great grief.<br>
1.86 tb 134: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.68 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.73 bentley 137: <li id="execsubr">
1.69 deraadt 138: <font color="#009000"><strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong></font>
139: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 aaron 140: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.86 tb 141: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.73 bentley 144: <li id="xtrans">
1.69 deraadt 145: <font color="#009000"><strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong></font>
146: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
148: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 149: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 150: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 151: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 152: <br>
1.86 tb 153: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.73 bentley 156: <li id="httpd">
1.69 deraadt 157: <font color="#009000"><strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong></font>
158: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 159: Apache has several bugs in <tt>mod_rewrite</tt> and <tt>mod_vhost_alias</tt>
160: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 161: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
162: (These modules are not active by default).
163: <br>
1.86 tb 164: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <p>
1.73 bentley 167: <li id="telnetd">
1.69 deraadt 168: <font color="#009000"><strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong></font>
169: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 170: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
171: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
172: <br>
1.86 tb 173: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <p>
1.73 bentley 176: <li id="sendmail">
1.69 deraadt 177: <font color="#009000"><strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong></font>
178: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
180: <br>
1.86 tb 181: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <p>
1.73 bentley 184: <li id="format_strings">
1.69 deraadt 185: <font color="#009000"><strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
186: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
188: <br>
1.86 tb 189: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.73 bentley 192: <li id="curses">
1.69 deraadt 193: <font color="#009000"><strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
194: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 195: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
196: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
197: applications.
198: <br>
1.86 tb 199: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
201: <p>
1.73 bentley 202: <li id="talkd">
1.69 deraadt 203: <font color="#009000"><strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong></font>
204: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
206: yet what the impact is.
207: <br>
1.86 tb 208: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
210: <p>
1.73 bentley 211: <li id="pw_error">
1.69 deraadt 212: <font color="#009000"><strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong></font>
213: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
215: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
216: which disables its functionality, do
217: <pre>
218: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
219: </pre>
1.86 tb 220: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
222: <p>
1.73 bentley 223: <li id="ipsec">
1.69 deraadt 224: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong></font>
225: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 226: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.86 tb 227: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
229: <p>
1.73 bentley 230: <li id="xlock">
1.69 deraadt 231: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong></font>
232: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
234: its functionality, do
235: <pre>
236: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
237: </pre>
1.86 tb 238: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
240: <p>
1.73 bentley 241: <li id="mac68k_arandom">
1.68 deraadt 242: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
243: <br>
244: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
245: devices, specifically it does not make the <tt>/dev/arandom</tt> device
246: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
247: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
248: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
249: <br>
250: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
251: commands as root:
252: <pre>
253: # cd /dev
254: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
255: </pre>
256: <p>
257: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
258: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
259: <p>
1.73 bentley 260: <li id="X11_libs">
1.69 deraadt 261: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong></font>
262: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
264: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
265: <ul>
1.33 naddy 266: <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 267: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
268: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 269: <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 270: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
271: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 272: <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 273: libICE DoS</a><br>
274: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 275: <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 276: Server overflow</a><br>
277: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
278: <br>
1.34 deraadt 279: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 280: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
281: </ul>
282: <br>
1.86 tb 283: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 285: <strong>Note 1:</strong> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
286: <strong>Note 2:</strong> When re-building use the command
287: `make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
288: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
289: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
290: time /etc/weekly runs.
291: <p>
1.73 bentley 292: <li id="pmax_msgbuf">
1.68 deraadt 293: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong></font><br>
294: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
295: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
296: The necessary fixes have been merged,
297: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
298: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
299: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
300: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
301: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
302: <br>
1.86 tb 303: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.68 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
305: <p>
1.89 tb 306: <li id="ftpd2">
1.69 deraadt 307: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
308: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 309: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 310: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
311: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
312: <br>
1.86 tb 313: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 314: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
315: <p>
1.73 bentley 316: <li id="mopd">
1.69 deraadt 317: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong></font>
318: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 319: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
320: <br>
1.86 tb 321: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
323: <p>
1.73 bentley 324: <li id="screen">
1.69 deraadt 325: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong></font>
326: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 327: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
328: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
329: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 330: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
331: <br>
1.86 tb 332: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 333: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
334: <p>
1.73 bentley 335: <li id="xlhash">
1.68 deraadt 336: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.90 tb 337: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/xl.4">xl(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 338: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
339: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
340: from working.
341: <br>
1.86 tb 342: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.68 deraadt 343: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
344: <p>
1.73 bentley 345: <li id="ste">
1.68 deraadt 346: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.90 tb 347: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ste.4">ste(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 348: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
349: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
350: boot-time.
351: <br>
1.86 tb 352: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.68 deraadt 353: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
354: <p>
1.73 bentley 355: <li id="pcvt">
1.68 deraadt 356: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong></font><br>
357: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
358: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
359: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
360: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
361: <br>
1.86 tb 362: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.68 deraadt 363: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
364: This is the second revision of the patch.
365: <p>
1.73 bentley 366: <li id="libedit">
1.69 deraadt 367: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong></font>
368: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 369: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
370: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
371: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
372: <br>
1.86 tb 373: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 374: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
375: <p>
1.73 bentley 376: <li id="dhclient">
1.69 deraadt 377: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong></font>
378: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 379: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
380: server to be executed in the shell as root.
381: <br>
1.86 tb 382: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 383: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
384: <p>
1.73 bentley 385: <li id="if_an">
1.68 deraadt 386: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.90 tb 387: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/an.4">an(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 388: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.90 tb 389: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ancontrol.8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
1.68 deraadt 390: <br>
1.86 tb 391: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.68 deraadt 392: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
393: <p>
1.73 bentley 394: <li id="amiga_cd">
1.68 deraadt 395: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong></font><br>
396: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
397: files for installation, ie:
398: <pre>
399: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
400: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
401: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
402: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
403: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
404: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
405: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
406: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
407: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
408: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
409: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
410: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
411: </pre>
412: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
413: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
414: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
415: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
416: <p>
1.73 bentley 417: <li id="isakmpd">
1.69 deraadt 418: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong></font>
419: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 420: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
421: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
422: <br>
1.86 tb 423: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 424: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
425: <p>
1.73 bentley 426: <li id="msdosfs">
1.69 deraadt 427: <font color="#009000"><strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
428: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 429: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
430: <br>
1.86 tb 431: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 432: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
433: <p>
1.73 bentley 434: <li id="cd9660">
1.69 deraadt 435: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong></font>
436: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 437: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
438: <br>
1.86 tb 439: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 440: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
441: <p>
1.73 bentley 442: <li id="uselogin">
1.69 deraadt 443: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong></font>
444: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 445: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
446: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
447: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
448: <p>
1.73 bentley 449: <li id="ipopts">
1.69 deraadt 450: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
451: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 452: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
453: to crash the machine remote or locally.
454: <br>
1.86 tb 455: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 456: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
457: <p>
1.73 bentley 458: <li id="route">
1.69 deraadt 459: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong></font>
460: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 461: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
462: <br>
1.86 tb 463: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 464: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
465: <p>
1.73 bentley 466: <li id="bridge">
1.69 deraadt 467: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
468: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 469: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
470: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.90 tb 471: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/bridge.4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 472: <br>
1.86 tb 473: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 474: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
475: <p>
1.73 bentley 476: <li id="ef">
1.69 deraadt 477: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font>
478: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 479: The
1.90 tb 480: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ef.4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 481: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
482: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.86 tb 483: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 484: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
485: <p>
1.73 bentley 486: <li id="ipf">
1.69 deraadt 487: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font>
488: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 horacio 489: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 490: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.86 tb 491: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.66 deraadt 492: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
493: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.1 deraadt 494: <p>
1.84 deraadt 495:
1.1 deraadt 496: </ul>
1.64 deraadt 497:
1.74 tedu 498: <hr>
499:
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