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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
<div class="ABSTRACT"><a id="AEN22" name="AEN22"></a>
<p>This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, containing significant
information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise
included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as
well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or
usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before
installing this version of FreeBSD.</p>

<p>This errata document for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of
FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE.</p>
</div>
</blockquote>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="INTRO" name="INTRO">1 Introduction</a></h2>

<p>This errata document contains ``late-breaking news'' about FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE. Before
installing this version, it is important to consult this document to learn about any
post-release discoveries or problems that may already have been found and fixed.</p>

<p>Any version of this errata document actually distributed with the release (for
example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are
kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the ``current errata'' for this
release. These other copies of the errata are located at <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, plus any sites which keep up-to-date
mirrors of this location.</p>

<p>Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 5-STABLE also contain up-to-date copies of this
document (as of the time of the snapshot).</p>

<p>For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a> or <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"
target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SECURITY" name="SECURITY">2 Security Advisories</a></h2>

<p>The following security advisories pertain to FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE. For more
information, consult the individual advisories available from <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/"
target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/</a>.</p>

<div class="INFORMALTABLE"><a id="AEN40" name="AEN40"></a>
<table border="0" frame="void" class="CALSTABLE">
<col width="1*" />
<col width="1*" />
<col width="3*" />
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Advisory</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>Topic</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:07.pf.asc"
target="_top">06:07.pf</a></td>
<td>25&nbsp;January&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>IP fragment handling panic in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pf&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">pf</span>(4)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc"
target="_top">06:03.cpio</a></td>
<td>11&nbsp;January&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpio&amp;sektion=1&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cpio</span>(1)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc"
target="_top">06:02.eex</a></td>
<td>11&nbsp;January&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p><a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ee&amp;sektion=1&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ee</span>(1)</span></a> temporary
file privilege escalation</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc"
target="_top">06:01.texindex</a></td>
<td>11&nbsp;January&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Texindex temporary file privilege escalation</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:09.htt</a></td>
<td>22&nbsp;May&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>information disclosure when using HTT</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:10.tcpdump.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:10.tcpdump</a></td>
<td>9&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>Infinite loops in tcpdump protocol decoding</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:11.gzip</a></td>
<td>9&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>gzip directory traversal and permission race vulnerabilities</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:13.ipfw.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:13.ipfw</a></td>
<td>29&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>ipfw packet matching errors with address tables</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip2.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:14.bzip2</a></td>
<td>29&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>bzip2 denial of service and permission race vulnerabilities</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:15.tcp.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:15.tcp</a></td>
<td>29&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>TCP connection stall denial of service</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:16.zlib</a></td>
<td>6&nbsp;Jul&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>Buffer overflow in zlib</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:17.devfs</a></td>
<td>20&nbsp;Jul&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>devfs ruleset bypass</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:18.zlib</a></td>
<td>27&nbsp;Jul&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>Buffer overflow in zlib</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:19.ipsec.asc"
target="_top">SA-05:19.ipsec</a></td>
<td>27&nbsp;Jul&nbsp;2005</td>
<td>
<p>IPsec incorrect key usage in AES-XCBC-MAC</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="OPEN-ISSUES" name="OPEN-ISSUES">3 Open Issues</a></h2>

<p>No issues.</p>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="LATE-NEWS" name="LATE-NEWS">4 Late-Breaking News</a></h2>

<p>(6 May 2005) An error in the default permissions on the <tt
class="FILENAME">/dev/iir</tt> device node, which allowed unprivileged local users to
send commands to the hardware supported by the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iir&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">iir</span>(4)</span></a> driver.
Although the error was fixed prior to 5.4-RELEASE, it was applied too late in the release
cycle to be mentioned in the release notes. For more information, see security advisory
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:06.iir.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:06.iir</a>.</p>

<p>(6 May 2005) A bug in the validation of <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=i386_get_ldt&amp;sektion=2&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">i386_get_ldt</span>(2)</span></a>
system call input arguments, which may allow kernel memory may be disclosed to the user
process, has been fixed. This bug was fixed prior to 5.4-RELEASE, although not in time to
be mentioned in the release notes. For more information, see security advisory <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:07.ldt.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:07.ldt</a>.</p>

<p>(6 May 2005) Several information disclosure vulnerabilities in various parts of the
kernel have been fixed in 5.4-RELEASE, although too late to be mentioned in the release
notes. For more information, see security advisory <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem</a>.</p>

<p>(24 Jun 2005) The FreeBSD/sparc64 5.4-RELEASE should have stated that the
FreeBSD/sparc64 GENERIC kernel prior to the upcoming 6.0-RELEASE officially only supports
serial consoles. This is especially true for the FreeBSD/sparc64 5.4-RELEASE GENERIC
kernel because the ofw_console(4) driver which also provides limited indirect support for
graphical consoles has been replaced with the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uart&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">uart</span>(4)</span></a> driver
in favor better serial support.</p>

<p>Due to this limitation to serial consoles the screen will stop working after the
message ``<samp class="COMPUTEROUTPUT">jumping to kernel entry at...</samp>'' is
displayed when trying to use the FreeBSD/sparc64 5.4-RELEASE GENERIC kernel with a
graphical console, while FreeBSD itself continues working actually.</p>

<p>If you want to use FreeBSD/sparc64 with a graphical console anyway you can do one of
the following:</p>

<ul>
<li>
<p>In case your machine is equipped with a Sun Creator, Sun Creator3D, or Sun Elite3D
frame buffer card and a Sun RS232 keyboard you can install FreeBSD/sparc64 5.4-RELEASE
with a serial console and afterwards compile a custom kernel with the following
additional options:</p>

<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
device          sc
device          creator
options         KBD_INSTALL_CDEV
</pre>

<p>Additionally you have to enable the <tt class="FILENAME">tty[1-7]</tt> entries in <tt
class="FILENAME">/etc/ttys</tt> like so:</p>

<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv4   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv5   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv6   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv7   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
</pre>

<p>This will yield native support for these keyboards and frame buffers including VTY
switching and X Window System. Note that this really requires at least FreeBSD/sparc64
5.4-RELEASE otherwise it will not work on most of the UltraSPARC models.</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>In case your machine is equipped with a ATI Mach64 frame buffer (found on-board in
e.g. Sun Blade 100/150 and Sun Ultra 5/10 as well as on Sun PGX8 and Sun PGX64 add-on
cards) or a PS/2 or a USB keyboard update to a FreeBSD/sparc64 6.0 from June 10 2005 or
later. If you use the stock GENERIC kernel and <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/ttys</tt> from
there no further action is required.</p>

<p>This will yield native support for these keyboards and frame buffers including VTY
switching and X Window System.</p>
</li>

<li>
<p>In case your machine is equipped with hardware other than those mentioned above or you
refuse to update to FreeBSD/sparc64 6.0 you can re-enable the ofw_console(4) driver as a
last resort. To do so build a custom kernel with the following additional options:</p>

<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
device          ofw_console
device          sab
device          zs
</pre>

<p>and make sure to comment out the following kernel option:</p>

<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
device          uart
</pre>

<p>This will yield limited indirect support for any graphical console hardware, however
with poor performance, and VTY switching as well as X Window System do not work with
this. Note that ofw_console(4) is not really MPSAFE and therefore can result in panics
under certain conditions.</p>
</li>
</ul>

<p>For more details of how to recompile your kernel or update to FreeBSD 6.0, see <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html"
target="_top">Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel</a> and <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html"
target="_top">The Cutting Edge</a> sections in the FreeBSD Handbook, respectively.</p>
</div>
</div>

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