- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2896-2 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso April 08, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : openssl CVE ID : CVE-2014-0160 This revision to the recent OpenSSL update, DSA-2896-1, checks for some services that may use OpenSSL in a way that they expose the vulnerability. Such services are proposed to be restarted during the upgrade to help in the actual deployment of the fix. The list of services that are checked is not comprehensive. For a more detailed check, it is recommended to use the checkrestart tool from the debian-goodies package. Note that client applications also need to be restarted. In case of doubt a full system restart is recommended. For reference, the original advisory text follows. A vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSL's support for the TLS/DTLS Hearbeat extension. Up to 64KB of memory from either client or server can be recovered by an attacker. This vulnerability might allow an attacker to compromise the private key and other sensitive data in memory. All users are urged to upgrade their openssl packages (especially libssl1.0.0) and restart applications as soon as possible. According to the currently available information, private keys should be considered as compromised and regenerated as soon as possible. More details will be communicated at a later time. The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this vulnerability. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u6. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-2896-2: openssl security update
This revision to the recent OpenSSL update, DSA-2896-1, checks for some services that may use OpenSSL in a way that they expose the vulnerability. Such services are proposed to be restarted during the upgrade to help in the actual deployment of the fix.
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