SECADV 20140407
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A missing bounds check in the handling of the TLS heartbeat extension can be used to reveal up to 64k of memory to a connected client or server.
| Date | Advisory | Description | CVE | Affected Versions | Fixed In Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2014 | SECADV_20140477 | TLS heartbeat read overrun | CVE-2014-1060 | OpenSSL-1.0.1a to OpenSSL-1.0.1f
OpenSSL-1.0.2 betas |
OpenSSL-1.0.1g
OpenSSL-1.0.2-beta2 |
Abstract
Due to a missing / incorrect bounds check in the code it is possible to return chunks of memory from a TLS peer (client or server) by sending invalid requests which are incorrectly processed.
The memory returned may contain sensitive information such as the private key, account names and/or passwords.
Technical Details
Either party in an SSL/TLS channel can request a heartbeat response from the peer. This means a client can send a request to a server or a server can send a request to a client making each vulnerable to attach from the other end.
Solutions and Workarounds
- Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.1g.
- This is the recommended option from the OpenSSL team.
- Rebuild your affected OpenSSL release with the heartbeat feature disabled
- This is as simple as a recompilation with -DOPENSSL_NO_HEARTBEATS
- Block the heartbeat processing in your application code
- heartbeat_block.c Example application code showing msg_cb use to block heartbeat
- Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.1g.
Detecting Vulnerability
- heartbleed.c Rob Stradling
- C code exampling using OpenSSL library to detect if a server is vulnerable. Requires completed handshake prior to sending invalid heartbeat probe.
- check-ssl-heartbleed.pl Steffen Ullrich
- Standalone perl script to detect if a server is vulnerable. Sends a ClientHello message and then an invalid heartbeat probe without waiting for the handshake to complete.
- heartbleed_test.c Mike Bland (git pull request)
- Regression / Unit Test Suite
- Standalone Python script to detect if a server is vulnerable.
References
- HeartBleed CodeNomicon
- Cloudfare Challenge Writeup Jeremi M Gosney
- RedHat fix commit
- Timeline Mark J Cox
- Heartbleed disclosure timeline: who knew what and when Sydney Morning Herald
- Bugs in Heartbleed detection scripts
