Friday, March 20, 2015

OpenSSL Is Still a Big Threat.

OpenSSL is more than a threat, its awful and the need to apply the patches today other than tomorrow. And below here is a list of the patches that you need to do. Security experts around the globe have revealed that these holes are still a major threat,

"Give it time and it will be used against servers soon enough." Reports ZDNet when citing the point of worry as 'In the case of OpenSSL 1.0.2, the first problem child is "ClientHello signals DoS (CVE-2015-0291)." '

The other serious bug, "RSA silently downgrades to EXPORT_RSA [Client] (CVE-2015-0204)," is just as ugly and more insidious. This one builds on top of the FREAK/SMACK OpenSSL security hole.  ZDNet

If you are using any of the following below you need to update immediately
  • OpenSSL 1.0.1 users should upgrade to 1.0.1k.
  • OpenSSL 1.0.0 users should upgrade to 1.0.0p.
  • OpenSSL 0.9.8 users should upgrade to 0.9.8zd.
the key point is to get every system, applications and mobile devices around you to the current state of updates and continually lookout for fresh updates.

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