{"id":384,"date":"2014-04-14T05:05:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T05:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/?p=384"},"modified":"2025-01-20T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:52:51","slug":"heartbleed-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/heartbleed-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenSSL Heartbleed Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL\/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet. <a title=\"Secure up to 100 Domains with Multi Domain SSL Certificate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/secure-100-domains-multi-domain-certificate\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">SSL\/TLS provides communication security<\/a> and privacy over the Internet for applications such as web, email, instant messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs).<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/heartbleed.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-385 size-full\" title=\"Heartbleed Vulnerability\" src=\"\" alt=\"Heartbleed Vulnerability\" width=\"341\" height=\"413\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/heartbleed.png\"><\/a><\/p><pre>Image Source : heartbleed.com<\/pre><div class=\"blog-top-space\"><\/div><h2 class=\"boxed-ad-in-between\">What versions of the OpenSSL are affected?<\/h2><p>Status of different versions affected by OpenSSL:<\/p><div class=\"article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>OpenSSL 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f (inclusive) are vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>OpenSSL 1.0.1g is NOT vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>OpenSSL 1.0.0 branch is NOT vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>OpenSSL 0.9.8 branch is NOT vulnerable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bug was introduced to OpenSSL in December 2011 and has been out in the wild since OpenSSL release 1.0.1 on 14th of March 2012. OpenSSL 1.0.1g released on 7th of April 2014 fixes the bug.<\/p>\n<\/div><h2>Impact on AccuWebHosting Servers<\/h2><p>Our primary website&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">www.accuwebhosting.com<\/a>&nbsp;and billing system were not affected with this vulnerability. Our shared as well as reseller servers were also not affected with this vulnerability. We&rsquo;ve patched OpenSSL for VPS &amp; Dedicated server clients.<\/p><div class=\"article-text\">More information pertaining to this bug can be found at&nbsp;<a title=\"Advantages of Windows VPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accuwebhosting.com\/blog\/advantages-of-windows-vps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">www.heartbleed.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL\/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet. SSL\/TLS provides communication security and privacy over the Internet for applications such as web, email, instant messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs). 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