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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.31 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
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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>,
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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>,
1.71 jsg 60: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
1.75 deraadt 61: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
1.78 deraadt 62: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
1.79 deraadt 63: <a href="errata58.html">5.8</a>,
1.84 deraadt 64: <a href="errata59.html">5.9</a>,
1.87 tj 65: <a href="errata60.html">6.0</a>,
1.91 deraadt 66: <a href="errata61.html">6.1</a>,
1.92 deraadt 67: <a href="errata62.html">6.2</a>,
1.93 deraadt 68: <a href="errata63.html">6.3</a>,
1.94 deraadt 69: <a href="errata64.html">6.4</a>,
70: <a href="errata65.html">6.5</a>.
1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
72:
1.66 deraadt 73: <p>
1.87 tj 74: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
75: Each patch contains usage instructions.
76: All the following patches are also available in one
77: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
78: for convenience.
1.1 deraadt 79:
80: <p>
1.87 tj 81: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.88 tj 82: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.66 deraadt 83:
1.1 deraadt 84: <hr>
85:
86: <ul>
1.73 bentley 87: <li id="readline">
1.95 ! bentley 88: <strong>040: SECURITY FIX: Mar 18, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 89: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.16 horacio 90: The readline library shipped with OpenBSD allows history files creation
91: with a permissive
1.90 tb 92: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/umask.2">umask(2)</a>.
1.16 horacio 93: This can lead to the leakage of sensitive information in applications
94: that use passwords and the like during user interaction (one such
95: application is mysql). Additionally, if the HOME environment variable
96: is not set, the current working directory is used; this patch disables
97: the history file if HOME is not set.<br>
1.86 tb 98: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/040_readline.patch">
1.66 deraadt 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.13 millert 100: <p>
1.73 bentley 101: <li id="sudo">
1.95 ! bentley 102: <strong>039: SECURITY FIX: Feb 22, 2001</strong>
1.69 deraadt 103: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.20 millert 104: There is an exploitable heap corruption bug in
1.90 tb 105: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/sudo.8">sudo</a>.
1.21 jufi 106: <br>
1.86 tb 107: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/038_named.patch">
1.66 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.11 jason 109: <p>
1.73 bentley 110: <li id="ftpd">
1.95 ! bentley 111: <strong>037: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 112: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.7 millert 113: OpenBSD 2.7's ftpd contains a one-byte overflow in the replydirname() function.<br>
1.86 tb 114: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/037_ftpd.patch">
1.66 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.7 millert 116: <p>
1.73 bentley 117: <li id="qe">
1.95 ! bentley 118: <strong>036: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 17, 2000</strong><br>
1.68 deraadt 119: Configuring a qec+qe causes a NMI panic.<br>
1.86 tb 120: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/036_qe.patch">
1.68 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.73 bentley 123: <li id="sshforwarding">
1.95 ! bentley 124: <strong>035: SECURITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 125: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.4 deraadt 126: Hostile servers can force OpenSSH clients to do agent or X11 forwarding.
127: This problem is fixed as of OpenSSH 2.3.0.<br>
1.86 tb 128: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/035_sshforwarding.patch">
1.3 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
130: <p>
1.73 bentley 131: <li id="zsconsole">
1.95 ! bentley 132: <strong>034: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 10, 2000</strong><br>
1.68 deraadt 133: When running a sparc with a serial console, certain types of interrupts would
134: cause great grief.<br>
1.86 tb 135: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/sparc/034_zsconsole.patch">
1.68 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.73 bentley 138: <li id="execsubr">
1.95 ! bentley 139: <strong>033: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 140: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 aaron 141: Invalid fields in the exec header could cause a crash.<br>
1.86 tb 142: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/033_execsubr.patch">
1.2 aaron 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
1.73 bentley 145: <li id="xtrans">
1.95 ! bentley 146: <strong>032: SECURITY FIX: Oct 26, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 147: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: There are two possibly exploitable potential buffer overflows in the X11
149: libraries using the xtrans code. One of these vulnerabilities was
1.63 deraadt 150: reported to the
1.1 deraadt 151: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/139436">BUGTRAQ</a>
1.63 deraadt 152: mailing list.
1.1 deraadt 153: <br>
1.86 tb 154: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/032_xtrans.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.73 bentley 157: <li id="httpd">
1.95 ! bentley 158: <strong>031: SECURITY FIX: Oct 18, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 159: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.95 ! bentley 160: Apache has several bugs in <code>mod_rewrite</code> and <code>mod_vhost_alias</code>
1.63 deraadt 161: that could cause arbitrary files accessible to the www user on the server
1.1 deraadt 162: to be exposed under certain configurations when these modules are used.
163: (These modules are not active by default).
164: <br>
1.86 tb 165: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/031_httpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.73 bentley 168: <li id="telnetd">
1.95 ! bentley 169: <strong>030: SECURITY FIX: Oct 10, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 170: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: The telnet daemon does not strip out the TERMINFO, TERMINFO_DIRS, TERMPATH
172: and TERMCAP (when it starts with a '/') environment variables.
173: <br>
1.86 tb 174: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/030_telnetd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
176: <p>
1.73 bentley 177: <li id="sendmail">
1.95 ! bentley 178: <strong>029: RELIABILITY FIX: Oct 9, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 179: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: There is a non-exploitable buffer overflow in sendmail's test mode.
181: <br>
1.86 tb 182: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/029_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
1.73 bentley 185: <li id="format_strings">
1.95 ! bentley 186: <strong>028: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 187: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs.
189: <br>
1.86 tb 190: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch">
1.1 deraadt 191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
192: <p>
1.73 bentley 193: <li id="curses">
1.95 ! bentley 194: <strong>027: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 195: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: libcurses honored terminal descriptions in the $HOME/.terminfo directory
197: as well as in the TERMCAP environment variable for setuid and setgid
198: applications.
199: <br>
1.86 tb 200: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/027_curses.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <p>
1.73 bentley 203: <li id="talkd">
1.95 ! bentley 204: <strong>026: SECURITY FIX: Oct 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 205: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: A format string vulnerability exists in talkd(8). It is not clear
207: yet what the impact is.
208: <br>
1.86 tb 209: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/026_talkd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
211: <p>
1.73 bentley 212: <li id="pw_error">
1.95 ! bentley 213: <strong>025: SECURITY FIX: Oct 3, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 214: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: A format string vulnerability exists in the pw_error(3) function. This
216: manifests itself as a security hole in the chpass utility. As a workaround
217: which disables its functionality, do
218: <pre>
219: # chmod u-s /usr/bin/chpass
220: </pre>
1.86 tb 221: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/025_pw_error.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
223: <p>
1.73 bentley 224: <li id="ipsec">
1.95 ! bentley 225: <strong>024: SECURITY FIX: Sep 18, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 226: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: Bad ESP/AH packets could cause a crash under certain conditions.
1.86 tb 228: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/024_ipsec.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
230: <p>
1.73 bentley 231: <li id="xlock">
1.95 ! bentley 232: <strong>023: SECURITY FIX: Aug 16, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 233: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: A format string vulnerability exists in xlock. As a workaround which disables
235: its functionality, do
236: <pre>
237: # chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock
238: </pre>
1.86 tb 239: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/023_xlock.patch">
1.1 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <p>
1.73 bentley 242: <li id="mac68k_arandom">
1.95 ! bentley 243: <strong>022: INSTALLATION FIX: July 14, 2000</strong>
1.68 deraadt 244: <br>
245: The MacOS installer shipped with OpenBSD 2.7 does not correctly make all
1.95 ! bentley 246: devices, specifically it does not make the <code>/dev/arandom</code> device
1.68 deraadt 247: needed for the userland crypto such as ssh to work. The problem shows itself
248: when ssh-keygen fails to make RSA or DSA keys, resulting in messages like
249: <b>RSA-generate_keys failed</b> or <b>DSA-generate_keys failed</b>.
250: <br>
251: To work around this, once your machine is up and running run the following
252: commands as root:
253: <pre>
254: # cd /dev
255: # ./MAKEDEV arandom
256: </pre>
257: <p>
258: After doing this (and possibly installing one of the ssl27 packages),
259: reboot your machine and it will generate ssh keys correctly.
260: <p>
1.73 bentley 261: <li id="X11_libs">
1.95 ! bentley 262: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX: July 14, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 263: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 264: Various problems in X11 libraries have various side effects. We provide a
265: jumbo patch to fix them.<p>
266: <ul>
1.33 naddy 267: <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 268: Nasty X Server Dos</a><br>
269: This is fixed by the patch to <b>xc/programs/Xsever/os/secauth.c</b>.
1.33 naddy 270: <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 271: Various nasty libX11 holes</a><br>
272: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/X11</b>.
1.33 naddy 273: <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 274: libICE DoS</a><br>
275: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/lib/ICE</b>.
1.33 naddy 276: <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 277: Server overflow</a><br>
278: This is covered by the patches to <b>xc/programs/Xserver/xkb</b>.
279: <br>
1.34 deraadt 280: Note that the default OpenBSD install is not vulnerable to this, since
1.1 deraadt 281: the XFree86 Xwrapper already has tests for bad arguments.
282: </ul>
283: <br>
1.86 tb 284: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/021_X11_libs.patch">
1.66 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.95 ! bentley 286: <b>Note 1:</b> tcl/tk is required to build X11 from source.<br>
! 287: <b>Note 2:</b> When re-building use the command
! 288: 'make DESTDIR=/ build' or you will get an error in the last
1.1 deraadt 289: step of the build (makewhatis). If you forget to set DESTDIR you can
290: ignore the build error. The whatis database will be rebuilt the next
291: time /etc/weekly runs.
292: <p>
1.73 bentley 293: <li id="pmax_msgbuf">
1.95 ! bentley 294: <strong>020: KERNEL BUG: July 10, 2000</strong><br>
1.68 deraadt 295: As originally shipped, the pmax port would fail to install due to
296: <b>/kern/msgbuf</b> bugs.<br>
297: The necessary fixes have been merged,
298: and the binaries needed re-released on the FTP site.<br>
299: However, the 2.7 <b>srcsys.tar.gz</b> file has not been updated.<br>
300: If you recompile a kernel, you should use either the
301: <a href=stable.html>stable release source tree</a> or apply the
302: provided patch to a 2.7 source tree.
303: <br>
1.86 tb 304: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/pmax/020_pmax_msgbuf.patch">
1.68 deraadt 305: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
306: <p>
1.89 tb 307: <li id="ftpd2">
1.95 ! bentley 308: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 309: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 310: Just like pretty much all the other unix ftp daemons on the planet,
1.1 deraadt 311: ftpd had a remote root hole in it. Luckily, ftpd was not enabled by default.
312: The problem exists if anonymous ftp is enabled.
313: <br>
1.86 tb 314: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/019_ftpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 315: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
316: <p>
1.73 bentley 317: <li id="mopd">
1.95 ! bentley 318: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX: July 5, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 319: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 320: Mopd contained a buffer overflow.
321: <br>
1.86 tb 322: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/018_mopd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 323: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
324: <p>
1.73 bentley 325: <li id="screen">
1.95 ! bentley 326: <strong>017: INSTALLATION FIX: July 3, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 327: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.63 deraadt 328: The screen package shipped with 2.7 does not install itself properly. The
329: existing package in 2.7/packages/_ARCH_/screen-3.9.5.tgz has been renamed to
330: screen-3.9.5.tgz.old and a replacement package has been provided under the
1.1 deraadt 331: name screen-3.9.5p1.tgz.
332: <br>
1.86 tb 333: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/ports/017_screen.patch">
1.1 deraadt 334: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
335: <p>
1.73 bentley 336: <li id="xlhash">
1.95 ! bentley 337: <strong>016: DRIVER BUG: July 2, 2000</strong><br>
1.90 tb 338: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/xl.4">xl(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 339: driver supporting various 3com cards, had a bug which prevented the multicast
340: filter from working correctly on the 3c905B, thus preventing many IPv6 things
341: from working.
342: <br>
1.86 tb 343: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/016_xlhash.patch">
1.68 deraadt 344: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
345: <p>
1.73 bentley 346: <li id="ste">
1.95 ! bentley 347: <strong>015: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong><br>
1.90 tb 348: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ste.4">ste(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 349: driver supporting Ethernet cards based on the Sundance ST201 chipset
350: (i.e., the D-Link 550TX) has a bug which causes the machine to panic at
351: boot-time.
352: <br>
1.86 tb 353: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/015_ste.patch">
1.68 deraadt 354: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
355: <p>
1.73 bentley 356: <li id="pcvt">
1.95 ! bentley 357: <strong>014: DRIVER BUG: June 30, 2000</strong><br>
1.68 deraadt 358: The PC console driver (PCVT) has two bugs. Display problems can result if
359: reverse video mode is turned on or off twice in a row. This patch also
360: fixes a problem with scrolling region handling that has been seen by many
361: users trying to use the BitchX irc client with the screen program.<br>
362: <br>
1.86 tb 363: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/014_pcvt.patch">
1.68 deraadt 364: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
365: This is the second revision of the patch.
366: <p>
1.73 bentley 367: <li id="libedit">
1.95 ! bentley 368: <strong>013: SECURITY FIX: June 28, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 369: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 370: libedit would check for a <b>.editrc</b> file in the current directory.
371: That behaviour is not nice; this does not turn into a security problem in
372: any real world situation that we know of, but a patch is available anyways.
373: <br>
1.86 tb 374: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/013_libedit.patch">
1.1 deraadt 375: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
376: <p>
1.73 bentley 377: <li id="dhclient">
1.95 ! bentley 378: <strong>012: SECURITY FIX: June 24, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 379: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 380: A serious bug in dhclient(8) could allow strings from a malicious dhcp
381: server to be executed in the shell as root.
382: <br>
1.86 tb 383: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/012_dhclient.patch">
1.1 deraadt 384: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
385: <p>
1.73 bentley 386: <li id="if_an">
1.95 ! bentley 387: <strong>011: DRIVER BUG: June 17, 2000</strong><br>
1.90 tb 388: The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/an.4">an(4)</a>
1.68 deraadt 389: Aironet Communications 4500/4800 IEEE 802.11DS driver has a bug which prevents
1.90 tb 390: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ancontrol.8">ancontrol(8)</a> from working correctly, instead causing a panic.
1.68 deraadt 391: <br>
1.86 tb 392: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/i386/011_an.patch">
1.68 deraadt 393: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
394: <p>
1.73 bentley 395: <li id="amiga_cd">
1.95 ! bentley 396: <strong>010: CD DISTRIBUTION ERROR: June 15, 2000</strong><br>
1.68 deraadt 397: On the 2.7 CD media, the <b>amiga</b> distribution contains two pairs of archives
398: files for installation, ie:
399: <pre>
400: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20191465 Apr 29 14:27 base27.tar.gz
401: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 20291753 May 13 19:33 base27.tgz
402: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13699507 Apr 29 14:26 comp27.tar.gz
403: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 13748096 May 13 19:33 comp27.tgz
404: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1005376 Apr 29 14:26 etc27.tar.gz
405: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1010772 May 13 19:33 etc27.tgz
406: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755567 Apr 29 14:26 game27.tar.gz
407: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 2755624 May 13 19:33 game27.tgz
408: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5002872 Apr 29 14:26 man27.tar.gz
409: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 5038896 May 13 19:33 man27.tgz
410: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684356 Apr 29 14:26 misc27.tar.gz
411: -rw-r--r-- 1 root mirftp 1684381 May 13 19:33 misc27.tgz
412: </pre>
413: The installation script will list ALL of these files. For proper
414: operation one should install the <b>*.tgz</b> versions, and deselect
415: the <b>*.tar.gz</b> versions.<br>
416: The FTP area sets do not suffer from this problem.
417: <p>
1.73 bentley 418: <li id="isakmpd">
1.95 ! bentley 419: <strong>009: SECURITY FIX: June 9, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 420: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 421: A serious bug in isakmpd(8) policy handling wherein policy
422: verification could be completely bypassed in isakmpd.
423: <br>
1.86 tb 424: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/009_isakmpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 425: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
426: <p>
1.73 bentley 427: <li id="msdosfs">
1.95 ! bentley 428: <strong>008: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 429: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 430: Some operations in msdosfs could result in a system panic.
431: <br>
1.86 tb 432: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/008_msdosfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 433: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
434: <p>
1.73 bentley 435: <li id="cd9660">
1.95 ! bentley 436: <strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: June 8, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 437: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 438: NFS exporting of CD filesystems caused a system panic.
439: <br>
1.86 tb 440: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/007_cd9660.patch">
1.1 deraadt 441: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
442: <p>
1.73 bentley 443: <li id="uselogin">
1.95 ! bentley 444: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX: June 6, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 445: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 446: The non-default UseLogin feature in <b>/etc/sshd_config</b> is broken and should not
447: be used. On other operating systems, it results in a hole.<br>
448: Avoid use of this feature, or update to OpenSSH 2.1.1 or later if you must use it.
449: <p>
1.73 bentley 450: <li id="ipopts">
1.95 ! bentley 451: <strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 452: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 453: Parse IPv4 options more carefully. It is not yet clear if this can even be used
454: to crash the machine remote or locally.
455: <br>
1.86 tb 456: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/005_ipopts.patch">
1.1 deraadt 457: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
458: <p>
1.73 bentley 459: <li id="route">
1.95 ! bentley 460: <strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: May 29, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 461: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 462: Certain routing table modifications by the superuser could cause a system panic.
463: <br>
1.86 tb 464: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/004_route.patch">
1.1 deraadt 465: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
466: <p>
1.73 bentley 467: <li id="bridge">
1.95 ! bentley 468: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 469: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 470: It is possible to bypass the <i>learning</i> flag on an interface if frames
471: go directly to the machine acting as a
1.90 tb 472: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/bridge.4">bridge</a>.
1.1 deraadt 473: <br>
1.86 tb 474: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/003_bridge.patch">
1.1 deraadt 475: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
476: <p>
1.73 bentley 477: <li id="ef">
1.95 ! bentley 478: <strong>002: DRIVER FIX: May 26, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 479: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 480: The
1.90 tb 481: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-2.7/ef.4">ef(4)</a>
1.1 deraadt 482: driver will complain when adding an address with ifconfig
483: (ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: Invalid argument).<br>
1.86 tb 484: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/002_ef.patch">
1.1 deraadt 485: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
486: <p>
1.73 bentley 487: <li id="ipf">
1.95 ! bentley 488: <strong>001: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong>
1.69 deraadt 489: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.23 horacio 490: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.1 deraadt 491: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being bypassed.<br>
1.86 tb 492: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/001_ipf.patch">
1.66 deraadt 493: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
494: It updates ipf to version 3.3.16.
1.1 deraadt 495: <p>
1.84 deraadt 496:
1.1 deraadt 497: </ul>
1.64 deraadt 498:
1.74 tedu 499: <hr>
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