Heartbleed OpenSSL Vulnerability

The cluster discusses the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL, its discovery after years in the codebase, catastrophic impact, patching, and use as an example of open-source security failures and auditing challenges.

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verbify • Oct 16, 2016 • View on HN

We had access to openssl code, and yet heartbleed happened.

nurettin • Jan 22, 2025 • View on HN

Heartbleed has been patched, so unless you know a serious attack vector, I'm not sure where this is going.

yuhong • May 24, 2015 • View on HN

But given Heartbleed, OpenSSL CCS, etc...

koliber • Jul 19, 2024 • View on HN

Don't forget heartbleed, a vulnerability in OpenSSL, the software that secures pretty much everything.

dewey • Jan 29, 2019 • View on HN

Remember OpenSSL / Heartbleed etc?

0x0 • Jan 12, 2016 • View on HN

Like heartbleed, gotofail, or the debian ssl entropy bug? :)

ddebernardy • May 19, 2019 • View on HN

OpenSSL (before HeartBleed) springs to mind.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7640378

userbinator • Sep 12, 2023 • View on HN

What practically exploitable attacks have shown up in OpenSSL over the years, with the exception of Heartbleed?

itsTyrion • Apr 19, 2024 • View on HN

Heartbleed was a decade ago? JFC I’m getting old

bastawhiz • Jan 20, 2018 • View on HN

Heartbleed was in OpenSSL for years before it was discovered. It was readily auditable with plenty of docs and specs and yet nobody noticed.