How to Upgrade OpenSSL on Ubuntu
This quick tutorial outlines how to upgrade openssl to the latest version on Ubuntu Server 13.04.
A
massive security hole has left over a third of the Internet's web
servers vulnerable to the "Heartbleed Bug" which was announced to the
public today. Use the following tool to check if your server is
vulnerable:You can run the following Bash script to upgrade your instance of OpenSSL to the latest version
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#!/bin/bash
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# Need to upgrade an Ubuntu 13.04 server to use OpenSSL 1.0.1g?
# Read and execute this script :D
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# License: WTFPL, GPLv3, MIT, whatever; just patch your shit
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/444702/how-to-patch-cve-2014-0160-in-openssl
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if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz.asc
gpg --recv-key 0xD3577507FA40E9E2
# Dr Stephen Henson
# IMPORTANT! Manually verify that this is the correct key ID:
# http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xD3577507FA40E9E2
# https://www.openssl.org/about/
gpg --verify openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz.asc openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
tar xzvf openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.0.1g && sudo ./config && sudo make && sudo make install
# To link the old openssl library to a new version
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl `which openssl`
echo
echo "DONE!"
fi
# eof ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 