| version 1.672, 2000/10/22 01:44:49 |
version 1.673, 2000/10/24 10:08:42 |
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| <h3><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.7 released (June 15, 2000).<p> |
<h3><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.7 released (June 15, 2000).<p> |
| We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p> |
We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p> |
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| <li>Workaround i386 bios serial call problem.<br> |
<li>Solve some of the powerpc data fault issues. |
| <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
<li>Many more vax improvements. |
| <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: Apache mod_rewrite and |
<li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a> on very fast machines, like p3/933. |
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<li>Fix alignment fault in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>. |
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<li>Many documentation cleanups. |
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<li>Use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clearerr&sektion=3">clearerr(3)</a> in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=1">disklabel(1)</a> so that ^D works in aborts. |
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<li>Update to ncurses 5.2 |
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<li>Fix noprint/print/octal options in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vi&sektion=1">vi(1)</a>. |
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<li>Add support for i815 motherboards and their devices. |
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<li>Disable DMA support for Opti <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> devices, since there are some boards that apparently wired them up wrong... |
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<li>Use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=echo&sektion=1">echo(1)</a> instead of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=printf&sektion=1">printf(1)</a> to repair the format string bugs in <b>/etc/security</b> |
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<li>Do not free an uninitialized variable in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=curses&sektion=3">curses(3)</a>. |
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<li>Switch to 2.8 release numbering. |
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<li>Print powerpc MHz ratings. |
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<li>Add support for major/minor numbers to powerpc shared library implementation. |
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<li>Support <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ulpt&sektion=4">ulpt(4)</a> printers on powerpc. |
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<li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4">random(4)</a> ioctl functions, to work as intended. |
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<li>Fix <b>-fpack-struct</b> bug in i386 boot blocks. |
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<li>Support random number generators on more Intel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4">pchb(4)</a> devices. |
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a> support for STP (spanning tree) packets. |
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<li>Discover correct ethernet address for powerpc <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4">gm(4)</a> ethernet driver. |
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<li>Fix nasty dl_strcmp() bug in powerpc <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld.so&sektion=1">ld.so(1)</a>. |
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<li>Generate proper <b>/etc/resolv.conf</b> files from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>. |
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<li>Repair quotas greater than 4GB in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=quota&sektion=1">quota(1)</a>. |
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<li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> mod_rewrite and |
| mod_vhost_alias modules could expose files on server if used.<br> |
mod_vhost_alias modules could expose files on server if used.<br> |
| <a href=errata.html#httpd>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br> |
<a href=errata.html#httpd>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br> |
| <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
<a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
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<li>More cool vax stuff. |
| <li>Lots more stuff missing in the middle... |
<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=perl&sektion=1">perl(1)</a>, set <b>siteprefix</b> and <b>siteprefixexp</b> to <b>/usr/local</b> as they should be. |
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<li>Give <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a> devices their own IFT_BRIDGE type, so that IPv6 does not attempt to configure up. |
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<li>Repair a short read issue in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>. |
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<li>For i386 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a>, if periodic checking fails repeatedly, shut it down. |
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<li>Very amusing <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=printf&sektion=1">printf(1)</a>-based format string bugs in <b>/etc/security</b>. |
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<li>Prevent <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&sektion=4">vlan(4)</a> status changes until configuration is complete. |
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<li>Workaround i386 bios serial call problem (helps DSR issues on some BIOS).<br> |
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<a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
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<li>Better error message out of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a> regarding invalid port numbers. |
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<li>Repair certain copyout() calls in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>. |
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<li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=amphy&sektion=4">amphy(4)</a> driver, replacing <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dmphy&sektion=4">dmphy(4)</a>. |
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<li>Update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tx&sektion=4">tx(4)</a> driver. |
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<li>Authentication support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ray&sektion=4">ray(4)</a>. |
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<li>Fix file descriptor leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssl&sektion=3">ssl(3)</a>. |
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<li>isakmpd update. |
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<li>Fix byte order bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecadm&sektion=8">ipsecadm(8)</a>. |
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<li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> building for <b>gcc -shared</b>. |
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<li>On i386, build a private descriptor for bios32 accesses, thus fixing even more pcibios(4) bugs. |
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<li>Fix channel printing for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a>. |
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<li>Repair probe vs attach confusion in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mii&sektion=4">mii(4)</a> layer. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcibios&sektion=4">pcibios(4)</a>, protect %edx register from being whacked. |
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<li>Update nearly entire <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> device driver. |
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<li>Update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a> sbus microcode. |
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<li>Various small fixes to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=moused&sektion=8">moused(8)</a> to make it more reliable. |
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<li>Enable <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gm&sektion=4">gm(4)</a> ethernet driver on G4-style powerpc machines. |
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<li>Lots of documentation improvements. |
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<li>Repair <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc&sektion=1">gcc(1)</a> shared library linking on powerpc. |
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<li>Fix an uninitialized variable issue in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a> that prevented dual NICs from working. |
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<li>Repair empty password support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=login&sektion=1">login(1)</a>, for when kerberos is compiled in. |
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<li>The 3c556 MiniPCI cards now work in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a> driver. |
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<li>Fix key option handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>. |
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a> implementation of <b>AllowTcpForwarding</b>. |
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<li>For <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">ipsec(4)</a>, an ASKPOLICY message implementation in pfkeyv2. |
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<li>TCP wrapper support for IPv6. |
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<li>Vax support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssl&sektion=3">ssl(3)</a>. |
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<li>Fix a library buffer overflow in the X11 libraries. |
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<li>Build a minimal powerpc CD boot image. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>, rijndael/aes support in SSH2 protocol. |
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<li>Fix <b>-i</b> handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wicontrol&sektion=8">wicontrol(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol(8)</a>. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>, a kludge for F-Secure Macintosh < 1.0.2. |
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<li>Add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmccontrol&sektion=8">lmccontrol(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spppcontrol&sektion=8">spppcontrol(8)</a>. |
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<li>Fix TM_YEAR_BASE issue in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=touch&sektion=1">touch(1)</a>. |
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<li>More <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> updates. |
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=setenv&sektion=3">setenv(3)</a> cleanups in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1">make(1)</a>. |
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<li>Change powerpc crt0 startup code to deal with ctors/dtors properly. |
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<li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aue&sektion=4">aue(4)</a> supplies support for the usb(4) Kingston KNU101TX USB Ethernet adapter. |
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<li>Some more DELAY() calls in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a> permits some fast machines to work better. |
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<li>Avoid a nasty mbuf sharing case in ip_forward(). |
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<li>Nuke old timeout code in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mii&sektion=4">mii(4)</a> drivers, which collided with new timeout code in the same blocks. |
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<li>Many manual page cleanups. |
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<li>Change <b>/root</b> to be mode 0700 instead of 0755. |
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<li>Enable DES support in SSH1 protocol clients (for compat with exported Cisco routers). |
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<li>Fix numerous erroneos <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mmap&sektion=3">mmap(3)</a> calls in the source tree. |
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<li>Fix <b>cc -shared</b> issues in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=perl&sektion=1">perl(1)</a>. |
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<li>Fix scan code bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcvt&sektion=4">pcvt(4)</a> that prevented RIGHT_SHIFT+PGUP/DN key combinations from activating scrollback. |
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<li>New cipher framework in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>. |
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<li>Add support for s/key (kbd-interactive) support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a> SSH2 protocol. |
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<li>Implement <b>-o</b> support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>. |
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<li>Use terminfo(5) interfaces in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tn3270&sektion=1">tn3270(1)</a>. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc(4)</a>, fix ethernet address reading on ADMtek AN983. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inetd.conf&sektion=5">inetd.conf(5)</a>, disable <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=talkd&sektion=8">talkd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fingerd&sektion=8">fingerd(8)</a> by default. |
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<li>Nuke IPv4 mapped address support in IPv6. |
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<li>Implement diffie-hellman group exchange in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>. |
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<li>Add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkhybrid&sektion=8">mkhybrid(8)</a> [need this for the powerpc port HFS CD]. |
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<li>Deal with KA52/53 in vax port, and other vax stuff. |
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<li>Add <b>/etc/primes</b>, used for diffie-hellman key exchange. |
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<li>Link <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8">telnetd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=telnet&sektion=1">telnet(1)</a> against <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=curses&sektion=3">curses(3)</a> instead of ocurses(3). |
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<li>Correct environment variable handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=curses&sektion=3">curses(3)</a> library. |
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<li>fd_set overflow handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=curses&sektion=3">curses(3)</a> library. |
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<li>ICMP and RST rate limitation code, controlled using <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl(8)</a> on <b>net.inet.icmp.errppslimit</b>, <b>net.inet6.icmp6.errppslimit</b>, and <b>net.inet.tcp.rstppslimit</b>. |
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppsratecheck&sektion=9">ppsratecheck(9)</a> code added. |
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<li>Alpha portability for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=routed6&sektion=8">routed6(8)</a>. |
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<li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY FIX: Prune more environment variables in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8">telnetd(8)</a>.<br> |
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<a href=errata.html#telnetd>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br> |
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<a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
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<li>Avoid fd_set overflow in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kerberos&sektion=8">kerberos(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>. |
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<li><font color=#e00000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX: Repair non-exploitable buffer overflow in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendmail&sektion=8">sendmail(8)</a>.<br> |
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<a href=errata.html#sendmail>A patch is available</a></strong></font>.<br> |
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<a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
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<li>libkeynote update. |
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<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a> update. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=login.conf&sektion=5">login.conf(5)</a>, crank maxproc for staff login class. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dump&sektion=8">dump(8)</a>, do not dump core if the raw device cannot be determined. |
| <li>More vax fixes. |
<li>More vax fixes. |
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<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ppp&sektion=8">ppp(8)</a>, try to deal with bugs in pppoe(8). |
| <li>Permit install time passwords to contain meta-characters. |
<li>Permit install time passwords to contain meta-characters. |
| <li>AES support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">ipsec(4)</a>. |
<li>AES support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">ipsec(4)</a>. |
| <li>Uninitialized variable in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>. |
<li>Uninitialized variable in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a>. |
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| <li>Fix auth-only mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec(4)</a>. |
<li>Fix auth-only mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsec&sektion=4">ubsec(4)</a>. |
| <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a>, deallocate resources on error and workaround memory problems in rev A boards. |
<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hifn&sektion=4">hifn(4)</a>, deallocate resources on error and workaround memory problems in rev A boards. |
| <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssl&sektion=8">mod_ssl 2.6.6</a>. |
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssl&sektion=8">mod_ssl 2.6.6</a>. |
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| <li> fix locking in threaded <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getgrent&sektion=3">getgrent(3)<br> |
<li> fix locking in threaded <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getgrent&sektion=3">getgrent(3)<br> |
| <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
<a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
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| <li>... about 3 months of missing updates here.. |
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| <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a> cache fixes and additional card support<br> |
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a> cache fixes and additional card support<br> |
| <a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
<a href="stable.html"><font color=#00b000>[Applied to stable]</font></a> |
| <li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: several DoS holes in libX11, libICE and X clients</strong></font>.<br> |
<li><font color=#e00000><strong>SECURITY ISSUE: several DoS holes in libX11, libICE and X clients</strong></font>.<br> |
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