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18: This is the OpenBSD 4.2 release errata & patch list:
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23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
24: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
25: <br>
26: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
27: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
28: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
29: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
30: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
31: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
32: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
33: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
34: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
35: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
36: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
37: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
38: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
39: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
40: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
41: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
42: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
43: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
44: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
45: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
46: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
47: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>.
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51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.2.tar.gz">
52: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
53: This file is updated once a day.
54:
55: <p> The patches below are available in CVS via the
56: <code>OPENBSD_4_2</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
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59: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
60: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
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! 86: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: RELIABILITY FIX: January 11, 2008</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
! 87: A missing NULL pointer check can lead to a kernel panic.<br>
! 88: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.2/common/005_ifrtlabel.patch">
! 89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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1.8 henning 92: <li><a name="004_pf"></a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: November 27, 2007</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
94: A memory leak in pf can lead to machine lockups.<br>
95: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.2/common/004_pf.patch">
96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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1.5 tom 99: <li><a name="003_i386_boot"></a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: CD BOOT FAILURE ON OLDER COMPUTERS : October 30, 2007</strong></font> <i>i386 only</i><br>
101: Some older BIOSes are unable to boot CD1.
1.7 tom 102: A workaround using CD2 (amd64 architecture) is as follows.
103: (An amd64 machine is <i>NOT</i> required for this to work.)<br>
1.5 tom 104: <br>
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107: <li>Insert CD2 and tell your computer to boot it;<br>
108: <li>When the <tt>boot></tt> prompt appears, stop the automatic boot
109: by pressing the space bar;<br>
110: <li>Remove CD2 and insert CD1;<br>
111: <li>Erase the character you typed to stop the boot, type<br>
112: <tt><b>boot /4.2/i386/bsd.rd</b></tt><br>
113: then press <i>Enter</i>.
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1.4 henning 119: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: October 10, 2007</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 henning 120: The SSL_get_shared_ciphers() function in OpenSSL contains an off-by-one overflow.<br>
121: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.2/common/002_openssl.patch">
122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
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1.2 deraadt 125: <li><a name="001_dhcpd"></a>
126: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: SECURITY FIX: October 8, 2007</strong></font> <i>All architectures</i><br>
127: Malicious DHCP clients could cause dhcpd(8) to corrupt its stack<br>
128: A DHCP client that claimed to require a maximum message size less than
129: the minimum IP MTU could cause dhcpd(8) to overwrite stack memory.
130: <br>
131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.2/common/001_dhcpd.patch">
132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>.<br>
1.1 merdely 133: <p>
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137: <hr>
138: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
139: <a href=pkg-stable.html>For important packages updates, please refer here.</a><br>
140: <br>
141: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
142: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
143: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
144: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
145: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
146: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
147: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
148: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
149: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
150: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
151: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
152: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
153: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
154: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
155: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
156: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
157: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
158: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
159: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
160: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
161: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
162: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>.
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