On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 13:52:54 +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:

> I would like to disable SSLv3 by default in wheezy.  Attached is a
> debdiff.
> 
> 
> Kurt
> 

> diff -Nru openssl-1.0.1e/debian/changelog openssl-1.0.1e/debian/changelog
> --- openssl-1.0.1e/debian/changelog   2014-10-15 19:45:48.000000000 +0200
> +++ openssl-1.0.1e/debian/changelog   2014-12-31 13:46:02.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
> +openssl (1.0.1e-2+deb7u14) wheezy-security; urgency=medium
> +
> +  * Disable SSLv3 by default.  It can be enabled again by calling
> +    SSL_CTX_clear_options() or SSL_clear_options() with SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3.
> +    It can also be enabled again by setting OPENSSL_ALLOW_SSLv3 in the
> +    environment to anything.
> +    This fixes the POODLE issue (CVE-2014-3566).
> +  * Fix CVE-2014-3569.  We're not affected by it since we don't build with
> +    the no-ssl3 option (yet).
> +
> + -- Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be>  Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:45:07 +0100
> +
>  openssl (1.0.1e-2+deb7u13) wheezy-security; urgency=medium
>  
>    * Fixes CVE-2014-3513

I'm ok with this in principle; the OPENSSL_ALLOW_SSLv3 environment
variable really ought to be documented though, at least in a
NEWS.Debian for libssl1.0.0.

Cheers,
Julien

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