What is Heartbleed Vulnerability/Heartbleed Bug?
What is Heartbleed Vulnerability/Heartbleed Bug?
Description of Heartbleed Vulnerability/Heartbleed Bug :
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.
The Heartbleed vulnerability allows an attacker to read the memory of systems using certain versions of OpenSSL, potentially allowing them to access user names, passwords, or even the secret cryptographic keys of the server used for SSL. Obtaining these keys would allow malicious users to observe all communications on that system, allowing further exploit.