[ale] OpenSSL Broken, Upgrade Now

[Edward Holcroft]

This article says that ssl certificates could have been stolen:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/private-crypto-keys-are-accessible-to-heartbleed-hackers-new-data-shows/

Does this really mean I need to replace the ssl keys on every one of my
Amazon Linux boxes, even non-web servers with access allowed only from
pre-assigned IP addresses? Please tell me it's not so!

ed


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:14 PM, David Tomaschik <david at systemoverlord.com>wrote:

> TL;DR: Upgrade OpenSSL to >= 1.0.1g immediately, consider replacing keys.
>  Not as bad as Debian OpenSSL bug, but worse than "goto fail;".
>
> "The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL
> cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the
> information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption
> used to secure the Internet. SSL/TLS provides communication security and
> privacy over the Internet for applications such as web, email, instant
> messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs).
>
> The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of the
> systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software. This
> compromises the secret keys used to identify the service providers and to
> encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the users and the actual
> content. This allows attackers to eavesdrop communications, steal data
> directly from the services and users and to impersonate services and users."
>
> http://heartbleed.com
>
> --
> David Tomaschik
> OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B
> http://systemoverlord.com
> david at systemoverlord.com
>
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