Keep in mind that these test tools aren’t mature yet (obviously) and may report false positives or false negatives.
hb-test.py by Another Python script without STARTTLS support.
This does not only affect web browsers but all applications on all versions of OS X and iOS.Īt this time there is no software update available from Apple that fixes this vulnerability. This vulnerability allows a downgrade of encrypted SSL and TLS connections to insecure ciphers that can be broken to eavesdrop on your communication. Status of the TLS FREAK (CVE-2015-204) vulnerability on OS X and iOS. Incorporated feedback by Stephen Dowdy TLS FREAK Attack Rainer Müller has updated the OpenSSH +HPN Variant for MacPorts in Ticket 144686.
If you’re using the openssh +hpn variant, you still need to wait for a patch or switch to the vanilla openssh package in the meantime. You still must apply the fix to the Apple provided SSH. Update 2 ( 20:16):Īn updated OpenSSH Package to 7.1p2 is available from MacPorts. The path of ssh_config changed with OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). (Available since SSH 6.5) Further readingĬVE-2016-0777 (Mitre) CVE-2016-0778 (Mitre) OpenBSD Journal: OpenSSH: client bug Theo de Raadt on openbsd-misc Mailing list OpenSSH 7.1p2 Release notes Qualys Security Advisory: Roaming through the OpenSSH client: CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-2016-0778 Updates Update 1 ( 19:49): This is a good opportunity to move away from older RSA keys to the newer Ed25519 keys, provided your endpoints already support that. It’s recommended that you regenerate all SSH keys on your clients. If you have connected to a malicious SSH server with one of the vulnerable versions you probably have lost private key material. If you do not already have a ~/.ssh/config file, just create one and make yourself familiar with man 5 ssh_config.