So basically, the end result is that we have heartbleed for SSH?
While the cause is slightly different, the ultimate effect is an attacker being able to read significant chunks of memory remotely, which for SSH often means private key details.
While the cause is slightly different, the ultimate effect is an attacker being able to read significant chunks of memory remotely, which for SSH often means private key details.
It needs the client, to be served it.
It's Heartbleed if you flip it and reverse it.
[.ti esrever dna ti pilf uoy fi deelbtraeH s'tI]
[.ti esrever dna ti pilf uoy fi deelbtraeH s'tI]
If you SSH in, we can search it
And if you're roaming, steal your private key bits
[.ti esrever dna ti pilf uoy fi deelbtraeH s'tI]
[.ti esrever dna ti pilf uoy fi deelbtraeH s'tI]
B, B, on BSD
or any platform with a bad libc
[Why-thai,-thai-o-toy-o-thai-thai]
[Why-thai,-thai-o-toy-o-thai-thai]
'Cause, they, don't zero bits,
Not that anyone expected it.
'Aint no shame, Libc, do your thang,
OpenSSH's do-nothing feature here is to blame.