Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL 274
gfilion writes "Updated versions of OpenSSL are now available which correct two security issues: A null-pointer assignment during SSL handshake and an out-of-bounds read that affects Kerberos ciphersuites. Full advisory available on OpenSSL site and US-CERT."
Let's be like M$... (Score:4, Funny)
They can only cause my servers to crash (Score:0, Funny)
I'll update when I feel like it.
Re:3 actually (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft fans - "see, Linux/FOSS have security issues too"
Linux fans - "yeah, but we fixed this right away. If this was Microsoft, we would have been waiting for months"
Repeat again and again..
Netx topic please..
Re:Let's be like M$... (Score:5, Funny)
Bullshit... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Patch updates are NOT news (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uhh (Score:2, Funny)
Point being: slashdot isn't news for good admins. It's news for nerds that are hopelessly wrapped up in battle between Open Source and the evil Micro$haft corporation that they fabricated to bring some drama to their dreary lives.
Hellooooo -1 country!
Re:3 actually (Score:4, Funny)
Re:3 actually (Score:2, Funny)
For the love of god (Score:5, Funny)
Okay, maybe not less funny - but just as unfunny.
Re:They are if you just got hacked... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:before the trolls start... (Score:5, Funny)
This just out from MSFT:
old news (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Non-Exploitable Security DOS Exploit (Score:1, Funny)
Re:3 actually (Score:5, Funny)
Anyway, we need to rewrite the entire thing in the elegant languages of the 21st century. I suggest this [slashdot.org]
DONT FIX (Score:1, Funny)
better safe than sorry!!!
*CHANTING*
"JUST GIVE HUGS... don't fix bugs!"
"START FROM SCRATCH... don't release that patch!"
and...so on
Re:Non-Exploitable Security DOS Exploit (Score:2, Funny)
cvsup....
cd
make
make install
Re:3 actually (Score:3, Funny)
C is the devils tool.
Re:Non-Exploitable Security DOS Exploit (Score:1, Funny)
If you have time to waste on slashcrap, you have time to keep abreast of things that affect your OS.
Most of the comments here are a total waste of time.
Like this one
Scary AND funny! (Score:4, Funny)
It really is. You need to take it seriously and fix it. ASAP. Hopefully, most folks who run said OSes are paying attention, and will do what they need to do to secure the flaw.
That said, every time anyone uses Outlook to read email, the above looks really, really good.