Fwd: Serious bug in ubiquitous OpenSSL library: "Heartbleed"

Tue Apr 8 16:08:50 UTC 2014

The updated CentOS openssl binaries haven't patched the underlying bug, but
they have disabled the heartbeat functionality. By doing so, they've
disabled the attack vector. Once upstream releases a fix, they will
re-enable the heartbeat function with the working patch.

And yes, don't forget to restart any linked services after updating.

-richard

On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:

> Just as a data point, I checked the servers I run and it's a good thing I
> didn't reflexively update them first.
> On Centos 6.0, the default openssl is 1.0.0 which supposedly doesn't have
> the vulnerability, but the
> ones queued up for update do. I assume that redhat will get the patched
> version soon but be careful!
>
> Mike
>
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> On 04/07/2014 10:06 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
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>> FYI,
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>> - - ferg
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>>  From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org> Subject: Serious bug in
>>> ubiquitous OpenSSL library: "Heartbleed" Date: April 7, 2014 at
>>> 9:27:40 PM EDT
>>>
>>> This reaches across many versions of Linux and BSD and, I'd
>>> presume, into some versions of operating systems based on them.
>>> OpenSSL is used in web servers, mail servers, VPNs, and many other
>>> places.
>>>
>>> Writeup: Heartbleed: Serious OpenSSL zero day vulnerability
>>> revealed
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/heartbleed-serious-openssl-zero-day-vulnerability-
>>> revealed-7000028166/
>>>
>>>   Technical details: Heartbleed Bug http://heartbleed.com/
>>>
>>> OpenSSL versions affected (from link just above):  OpenSSL 1.0.1
>>> through 1.0.1f (inclusive) are vulnerable OpenSSL 1.0.1g is NOT
>>> vulnerable (released today, April 7, 2014) OpenSSL 1.0.0 branch is
>>> NOT vulnerable OpenSSL 0.9.8 branch is NOT vulnerable
>>>
>>>
>> - -- Paul Ferguson
>> VP Threat Intelligence, IID
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