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OpenSSL Security Vulnerability

Posted by michael on from the what-me-worry dept.

SiliconEntity writes "On the heels of multiple OpenSSH vulnerabilities, the OpenSSL project is now reporting a number of security vulnerabilities of its own. OpenSSL is a standard cryptographic library used in a wide variety of security applications. The new vulnerabilities range from denial-of-service attacks to stack corruption, which imply the possibility of running malicious code. New versions of the software are released today which address the vulnerabilities."

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  1. Re:dang! by GSloop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm getting really sick of hearing...

    "Just run Windows Update. It's easy!"
    "Just run apt-get It's easy!"

    I'd like to quit running updates every 15 seconds or so.

    I'd prefer it was right the first time. I'm getting really tired of patching machines all over the place. I'm turning into a patch money. Test, patch, test, patch, test, patch - with an occasional sleep and eat thrown in occasionally.

    No matter how easy Windows update is, it still has to get done. If MS does it for you, you'll worry about them breaking stuff. If you have to do it yourself, you worry you'll miss something, or break it yourself. Frankly, that sucks.

    Cheers,
    Greg