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<h3 class="CORPAUTHOR">The FreeBSD Project</h3>

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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
<div class="ABSTRACT"><a id="AEN16" name="AEN16"></a>
<p>This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 7.0-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 7.0-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of
FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE.</p>
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</blockquote>

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

<p>This errata document contains &#8220;late-breaking news&#8221; about FreeBSD
7.0-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example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are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 &#8220;current errata&#8221;
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 7-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 7.0-RELEASE. For more
information, consult the individual advisories available from <a
href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">http://security.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</p>

<div class="INFORMALTABLE"><a id="AEN34" name="AEN34"></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="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:05.openssh</a></td>
<td>17&nbsp;April&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>OpenSSH X11-forwarding privilege escalation</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:06.bind.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:06.bind</a></td>
<td>13&nbsp;July&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>DNS cache poisoning</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:07.amd64</a></td>
<td>3&nbsp;September&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>amd64 swapgs local privilege escalation</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:08.nmount.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:08.nmount</a></td>
<td>3&nbsp;September&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p><a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nmount&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">nmount</span>(2)</span></a> local
arbitrary code execution</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:09.icmp6</a></td>
<td>3&nbsp;September&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>Remote kernel panics on IPv6 connections</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:10.nd6</a></td>
<td>1&nbsp;October&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol routing vulnerability</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:11.arc4random</a></td>
<td>24&nbsp;November&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p><a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">arc4random</span>(9)</span></a>
predictable sequence vulnerability</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:12.ftpd.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:12.ftpd</a></td>
<td>23&nbsp;December&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>Cross-site request forgery in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftpd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ftpd</span>(8)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc"
target="_top">SA-08:13.protosw</a></td>
<td>23&nbsp;December&nbsp;2008</td>
<td>
<p>netgraph / bluetooth privilege escalation</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>[20080229] <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">tcpdump</span>(1)</span></a> does
not correctly print the TX/RX rates for 802.11 frames. This issue has been fixed on the
HEAD and RELENG_7 branches.</p>

<p>[20080229] A bug in Linux emulation may cause segmentation faults for some Linux
programs using <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mmap&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mmap</span>(2)</span></a>. This
issue has been fixed on the HEAD and RELENG_7 branches.</p>

<p>[20080229] Instances of packet corruption and instability have been observed with the
<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable"><span
 class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">re</span>(4)</span></a> network driver.
Some users have reported that using a newer version of this driver (on HEAD) has solved
their problems, or at least mitigated them.</p>

<p>[20080229, updated 20080817] A change in the way that FreeBSD sends TCP options has
been reported to cause connectivity issues. This problem has been corrected on HEAD and
the RELENG_7 and RELENG_7_0 branches.. Further details are contained in errta notice <a
href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-08:02.tcp.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-08:02.tcp</a>.</p>

<p>[20080307] The FreeBSD implementation of SCTP currently depends on having <tt
class="LITERAL">INET6</tt> support compiled into the kernel. This requirement is planned
to be removed in future releases.</p>

<p>[20080307] Source upgrades from FreeBSD 6.<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>X</i></tt> to
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE will generate warnings from <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldxref&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kldxref</span>(8)</span></a>
during the <tt class="LITERAL">installkernel</tt> step. These warnings are harmless and
can be ignored.</p>

<p>[20080307] The <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crypto&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">crypto</span>(4)</span></a>
driver, which is required for IPsec functionality, has severe problems on FreeBSD/powerpc
(a kernel with <tt class="LITERAL">device crypto</tt> included in its configuration will
be non-functional).</p>
</div>

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

<p>[20080229] The FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE release documentation (release notes, hardware
notes, and so forth) all contained a note that users of FreeBSD 7-STABLE should be
subscribed to the <tt class="LITERAL">freebsd-current</tt> mailing list. This note should
not have appeared.</p>

<p>[20080229] The release notes gave an incorrect version number for KDE. The correct
version number is 3.5.8.</p>
</div>
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<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be
downloaded from <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/</a>.</small></p>

<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting &#60;<a
href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;.</small></p>

<p align="center"><small>All users of FreeBSD 7-STABLE should subscribe to the &#60;<a
href="mailto:stable@FreeBSD.org">stable@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62; mailing list.</small></p>

<p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail &#60;<a
href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>&#62;.</small></p>
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