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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 2<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook XML V5.0-Based Extension//EN" 3 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [ 4<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" 5 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/release.ent"> 6%release; 7]> 8 9<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" 10 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"> 11 12 <info> 13 <title>&os; &release.prev; Errata </title> 14 15 <author><orgname>The &os; Project</orgname></author> 16 17 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml 271324 2014-09-09 17:38:55Z gjb $</pubdate> 18 19 <copyright> 20 <year>2014</year> 21 22 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation 23 Project</holder> 24 </copyright> 25 26 <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> 27 &tm-attrib.freebsd; 28 &tm-attrib.intel; 29 &tm-attrib.sparc; 30 &tm-attrib.general; 31 </legalnotice> 32 33 <abstract> 34 <para>This document lists errata items for &os; &release.prev;, 35 containing significant information discovered after the 36 release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise 37 included in the release documentation. This information 38 includes security advisories, as well as news relating to the 39 software or documentation that could affect its operation or 40 usability. An up-to-date version of this document should 41 always be consulted before installing this version of 42 &os;.</para> 43 44 <para>This errata document for &os; &release.prev; will be 45 maintained until the release of &os; &release.next;.</para> 46 </abstract> 47 </info> 48 49 <sect1 xml:id="intro"> 50 <title>Introduction</title> 51 52 <para>This errata document contains <quote>late-breaking 53 news</quote> about &os; &release.prev; Before installing this 54 version, it is important to consult this document to learn about 55 any post-release discoveries or problems that may already have 56 been found and fixed.</para> 57 58 <para>Any version of this errata document actually distributed 59 with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution) will be 60 out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on 61 the Internet and should be consulted as the <quote>current 62 errata</quote> for this release. These other copies of the 63 errata are located at <link 64 xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/" />, plus any 65 sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location.</para> 66 67 <para>Source and binary snapshots of &os; &release.branch; also 68 contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of 69 the snapshot).</para> 70 71 <para>For a list of all &os; CERT security advisories, see <link 72 xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"/> or <link 73 xlink:href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"/>.</para> 74 </sect1> 75 76 <sect1 xml:id="security"> 77 <title>Security Advisories</title> 78 79 <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="0"> 80 <tgroup cols="3"> 81 <colspec colwidth="1*" /> 82 <colspec colwidth="1*" /> 83 <colspec colwidth="3*" /> 84 <thead> 85 <row> 86 <entry>Advisory</entry> 87 <entry>Date</entry> 88 <entry>Topic</entry> 89 </row> 90 </thead> 91 92 <tbody> 93 <row> 94 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:14.openssh.asc" 95 >SA-13:14.openssh</link></entry> 96 97 <entry>19 November 2013</entry> 98 99 <entry><para>OpenSSH AES-GCM memory corruption 100 vulnerability</para></entry> 101 </row> 102 103 <row> 104 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:01.bsnmpd.asc" 105 >SA-14:01.bsnmpd</link></entry> 106 107 <entry>14 January 2014</entry> 108 109 <entry><para>bsnmpd remote denial of service vulnerability</para></entry> 110 </row> 111 112 <row> 113 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:02.ntpd.asc" 114 >SA-14:02.ntpd</link></entry> 115 116 <entry>14 January 2014</entry> 117 118 <entry><para>ntpd distributed reflection Denial of Service vulnerability</para></entry> 119 </row> 120 121 <row> 122 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:03.openssl.asc" 123 >SA-14:03.openssl</link></entry> 124 125 <entry>14 January 2014</entry> 126 127 <entry><para>OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> 128 </row> 129 130 <row> 131 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:04.bind.asc" 132 >SA-14:04.bind</link></entry> 133 134 <entry>14 January 2014</entry> 135 136 <entry><para>BIND remote denial of service vulnerability</para></entry> 137 </row> 138 139 <row> 140 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:05.nfsserver.asc" 141 >SA-14:05.nfsserver</link></entry> 142 143 <entry>8 April 2014</entry> 144 145 <entry><para>Deadlock in the NFS server</para></entry> 146 </row> 147 148 <row> 149 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:06.openssl.asc" 150 >SA-14:06.openssl</link></entry> 151 152 <entry>8 April 2014</entry> 153 154 <entry><para>OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> 155 </row> 156 157 <row> 158 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:07.devfs.asc">SA-14:07.devfs</link></entry> 159 <entry>30 April 2014</entry> 160 <entry><para>Fix devfs rules not applied by default for 161 jails</para></entry> 162 </row> 163 164 <row> 165 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:08.tcp.asc">SA-14:08.tcp</link></entry> 166 <entry>30 April 2014</entry> 167 <entry><para>Fix TCP reassembly 168 vulnerability</para></entry> 169 </row> 170 171 <row> 172 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:09.openssl.asc">SA-14:09.openssl</link></entry> 173 <entry>30 April 2014</entry> 174 <entry><para>Fix OpenSSL use-after-free 175 vulnerability</para></entry> 176 </row> 177 178 <row> 179 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:10.openssl.asc">SA-14:10.openssl</link></entry> 180 <entry>15 May 2014</entry> 181 <entry><para>Fix OpenSSL NULL pointer deference 182 vulnerability</para></entry> 183 </row> 184 185 <row> 186 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail.asc">SA-14:11.sendmail</link></entry> 187 <entry>3 June 2014</entry> 188 <entry><para>Fix sendmail improper close-on-exec flag 189 handling</para></entry> 190 </row> 191 192 <row> 193 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc">SA-14:13.pam</link></entry> 194 <entry>3 June 2014</entry> 195 <entry><para>Fix incorrect error handling in PAM policy 196 parser</para></entry> 197 </row> 198 199 <row> 200 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:14.openssl.asc">SA-14:14.openssl</link></entry> 201 <entry>5 June 2014</entry> 202 <entry><para>Multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> 203 </row> 204 205 <row> 206 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:15.iconv.asc">SA-14:15.iconv</link></entry> 207 <entry>24 June 2014</entry> 208 <entry><para>NULL pointer dereference and out-of-bounds 209 array access</para></entry> 210 </row> 211 212 <row> 213 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:16.file.asc">SA-14:16.file</link></entry> 214 <entry>24 June 2014</entry> 215 <entry><para>Multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> 216 </row> 217 218 <row> 219 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc">SA-14:17.kmem</link></entry> 220 <entry>8 July 2014</entry> 221 <entry><para>Kernel memory disclosure in control messages 222 and SCTP notifications</para></entry> 223 </row> 224 225 <row> 226 <entry><link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl.asc">SA-14:18.openssl</link></entry> 227 <entry>9 September 2014</entry> 228 <entry><para>Multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> 229 </row> 230 </tbody> 231 </tgroup> 232 </informaltable> 233 </sect1> 234 235 <sect1 xml:id="open-issues"> 236 <title>Open Issues</title> 237 238 <itemizedlist> 239 <listitem> 240 <para>&os;/&arch.i386; &release.prev; running as a guest 241 operating system on <application>VirtualBox</application> 242 can have a problem with disk I/O access. It depends on some 243 specific hardware configuration and does not depend on a 244 specific version of <application>VirtualBox</application> or 245 host operating system.</para> 246 247 <para>It causes various errors and makes &os; quite unstable. 248 Although the cause is still unclear, disabling unmapped I/O 249 works as a workaround. To disable it, choose 250 <literal>Escape to loader prompt</literal> in the boot menu 251 and enter the following lines from &man.loader.8; prompt, 252 after an <literal>OK</literal>:</para> 253 254 <screen>set vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0 255boot</screen> 256 257 <para>Note that the following line has to be added to 258 <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> after a boot. It 259 disables unmapped I/O at every boot:</para> 260 261 <programlisting>vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0</programlisting> 262 263 <para>[2014-04-03 update] It has been reported that 264 instability may be present on virtual machines running 265 on other hypervisors, such as Xen or KVM.</para> 266 </listitem> 267 268 <listitem> 269 <para>A bug in <application>Heimdal</application> (an 270 implementation of <application>Kerberos</application> 271 authentication in &os; base system) has been fixed. It 272 could cause an interoperability issue between 273 <application>Heimdal</application> and the other 274 implementations including <application>MIT 275 Kerberos</application>. However, due to this fix, 276 <application>Heimdal</application> and some applications 277 which depend on it in the previous &os; releases do not work 278 with one in &release.prev; in certain cases. Errata Notice 279 for the supported releases to fix it will be 280 released.</para> 281 </listitem> 282 283 <listitem> 284 <para>A bug in &man.killall.1; has been discovered. It 285 makes <userinput>killall -INT</userinput> to deliver 286 <literal>SIGTERM</literal> rather than the desired 287 <literal>SIGINT</literal>, and may cause blocking 288 behavior for scripts that uses it, as <literal>-I</literal> 289 means <quote>interactive</quote>. A workaround of this 290 would be to use <literal>-SIGINT</literal> instead. 291 This bug has been fixed on &os;-CURRENT and will be fixed 292 in &os; &release.current;.</para> 293 </listitem> 294 295 <listitem> 296 <para>The &man.bxe.4; driver can cause packet corruption when 297 TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) feature is enabled. This 298 feature is enabled by default and can be disabled by using a 299 <option>-tso</option> parameter of &man.ifconfig.8;. It can 300 be specified in &man.rc.conf.5; like the following:</para> 301 302 <programlisting>ifconfig_bxe0="DHCP -tso"</programlisting> 303 304 <para>This bug has been fixed on &os; 305 &release.current;.</para> 306 </listitem> 307 308 <listitem> 309 <para>Due to a minor incompatibility with &man.pkg.7; version 310 <literal>1.2.x</literal>, &man.bsdconfig.8; will duplicate 311 the list of available packages for installation. This is 312 due to the <literal>PACKAGESITE</literal> environment 313 variable being set for backwards compatibility with older 314 versions of &man.pkg.7;. This affects generation of the 315 available package list only, and does not affect the 316 behavior when processing packages for installation.</para> 317 </listitem> 318 319 <listitem> 320 <para>A regression in &man.pw.8; does not remove a user from 321 groups not specified in the provided group list when the 322 <literal>-G</literal> flag is used. This is expected to be 323 corrected in &os;-CURRENT and &os; &release.current;.</para> 324 </listitem> 325 326 <listitem> 327 <para>&man.ipfw.8; <literal>fwd</literal> action can send 328 packets to the correct interface with a wrong link-layer 329 address when the route is updated. This bug has been fixed 330 on &os;-CURRENT and will be fixed in &os; 331 &release.current;.</para> 332 </listitem> 333 334 <listitem> 335 <para>The &man.mount.udf.8; utility has a bug which prevents 336 it from mounting any UDF file system. This has been fixed 337 in &os;-CURRENT and &os; &release.current;.</para> 338 </listitem> 339 340 <listitem> 341 <para>Updating LSI firmware on &man.mps.4; controllers with 342 the <application>sas2flash</application> utility may cause 343 the system to hang, or may cause the system to panic. This 344 is fixed in the <literal>stable/10</literal> branch with 345 revisions <literal>r262553</literal> and 346 <literal>r262575</literal>, and will be included in 347 &os; 10.1-RELEASE.</para> 348 </listitem> 349 </itemizedlist> 350 </sect1> 351 352 <sect1 xml:id="late-news"> 353 <title>Late-Breaking News</title> 354 355 <para>No news.</para> 356 </sect1> 357</article> 358