OpenSSL Gives Heads Up to Critical Vulnerability Disclosure, Check Point Alerts Organizations to Prepare Now
Highlights: The OpenSSL project, the very basic element of the secured internet we all know, announced patching a critical severity security vulnerability While details are yet to be shared, organizations are called to remain alerted and prepare to patch and update systems this Tuesday, November 1st Because OpenSSL is so widely used, the potential magnitude of this vulnerability is enormous, hence the urgency to patch and update systems Check Point Researchers are closely monitoring this evolving story and will update on new protections as soon as details become available Background In an official statement last Tuesday, the OpenSSL project team announced the forthcoming release of their next version, which will be released on Tuesday November 1st 2022 between 1300-1700 UTC. This release is expected to include a fix for a CRITICAL security vulnerability. The OpenSSL Project defines a critical vulnerability as follows: “CRITICAL Severity. This affects commo...