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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2896-1 (openssl - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSL's support for the TLS/DTLS Heartbeat 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.
Insight
Insight
This package contains the openssl binary and related tools.
Affected Software
Affected Software
openssl on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u5. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1g-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1g-1. We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.