Could you post the code to secur...@openvpn.net? > On Apr 16, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Fredrik Strömberg <stromb...@insto.org> wrote: > > Hi openvpn-users, > > We have successfully extracted private key material multiple times > from an OpenVPN server by exploiting the Heartbleed Bug. The material > we found was sufficient for us to recreate the private key and > impersonate the server. > > As you may know, OpenVPN has an SSL/TLS mode where certificates are > used for authentication. OpenVPN multiplexes the SSL/TLS session used > for authentication and key exchange with the actual encrypted tunnel > data stream. The default TLS library for OpenVPN is OpenSSL. Since > OpenVPN uses the OpenSSL library but merely passes through the TLS > traffic to OpenSSL, this means that OpenVPN is exploitable using > Heartbleed, in theory. However, until now there hasn't been any solid > evidence that private key material can be extracted from OpenVPN just > like it has from some web servers. > > This was the server setup we used: > Ubuntu 12.04 (VM using KVM) > OpenVPN 2.2.1 > OpenSSL 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.11 > > Our exploit is decently weaponized, and while the code is an > abomination that even Eris would be embarrassed to present, we believe > it may severely impact those who have not already upgraded. Therefore, > we will not be publishing the code. Nevertheless, you should assume > that other teams with more nefarious purposes have already created > weaponized exploits for OpenVPN. Just to be clear, we don't intend to > use this exploit ourselves. We merely developed it to examine the > practical impact on OpenVPN as part of our incident investigation. > > To our knowledge there is currently one published proof of concept > script that checks an OpenVPN server's vulnerability to Heartbleed. > > It should be noted that OpenVPN provides a feature called tls-auth > where a HMAC key is used to authenticate the packets that are > themselves part of the TLS handshake sequence. This protects against > Heartbleed to the extent that the HMAC key is kept secret. This means > that while a small business may benefit from using tls-auth because > only the employees have access to the key, a public VPN service such > as ours does not, because anyone who is a customer has access to the > key. > > Private questions that are not requests for the exploit can be emailed > to stromb...@insto.org or ad...@mullvad.net (PGP: 0x2C62E8AE). > > Best regards, > Fredrik Strömberg > Co-founder of Mullvad > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
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