OpenSSL Heartbeat Code

8 points by MIT_Hacker 12 years ago | 3 comments

syncerr 12 years ago |

OpenSSL heartbeat bug patch (CVE-2014-0160):

> 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.

askQi 12 years ago |

Can someone explain which part of the code contains the bug and why it is a bug?

smtddr 12 years ago |

Amelek is being a bit harsh or just plain wrong; I learned a few days ago that checking malloc's return value means almost nothing: