[ale] OpenSSL Broken, Upgrade Now

Mon Apr 14 15:53:51 EDT 2014

This is the answer I was dreading.

Oh well. Gotta do it.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Adrya Stembridge <
adrya.stembridge at gmail.com> wrote:

> I replaced/revoked all certificates with new keys, even on systems closed
> to the outside world.  All system user and service account passwords (such
> as MySQL) were changed as well.  Cheap insurance.
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> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>wrote:
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>>   At least one of our partners did that the day the bug was announced.
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>> Since you can’t tell whether you’ve been exploited or not some people are
>> choosing to replace keys rather than worry about whether or not they’ve
>> been exploited.
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>> Symantec (Verigsing one of the CAs) sent an alert that if I read it
>> properly suggests you should change your SSL certificate.
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>> https://knowledge.verisign.com/support/ssl-certificates-support/index?page=content&id=AD831
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>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Edward
>> Holcroft
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2014 2:15 PM
>> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OpenSSL Broken, Upgrade Now
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>> This article says that ssl certificates could have been stolen:
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>> http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/private-crypto-keys-are-accessible-to-heartbleed-hackers-new-data-shows/
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>> 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!
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>> ed
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>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:14 PM, David Tomaschik <david at systemoverlord.com>
>> wrote:
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>> TL;DR: Upgrade OpenSSL to >= 1.0.1g immediately, consider replacing keys.
>>  Not as bad as Debian OpenSSL bug, but worse than "goto fail;".
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>> "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).
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>> 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."
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>> http://heartbleed.com
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>> --
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>> http://systemoverlord.com
>> david at systemoverlord.com
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