+ Changes between 1.1.0b and 1.1.0c [xx XXX xxxx]
+
+ *)
+
+ *) Removed automatic addition of RPATH in shared libraries and executables,
+ as this was a remainder from OpenSSL 1.0.x and isn't needed any more.
+ [Richard Levitte]
+
+ Changes between 1.1.0a and 1.1.0b [26 Sep 2016]
+
+ *) Fix Use After Free for large message sizes
+
+ The patch applied to address CVE-2016-6307 resulted in an issue where if a
+ message larger than approx 16k is received then the underlying buffer to
+ store the incoming message is reallocated and moved. Unfortunately a
+ dangling pointer to the old location is left which results in an attempt to
+ write to the previously freed location. This is likely to result in a
+ crash, however it could potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code.
+
+ This issue only affects OpenSSL 1.1.0a.
+
+ This issue was reported to OpenSSL by Robert Święcki.
+ (CVE-2016-6309)
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.0a [22 Sep 2016]
+
+ *) OCSP Status Request extension unbounded memory growth
+
+ A malicious client can send an excessively large OCSP Status Request
+ extension. If that client continually requests renegotiation, sending a
+ large OCSP Status Request extension each time, then there will be unbounded
+ memory growth on the server. This will eventually lead to a Denial Of
+ Service attack through memory exhaustion. Servers with a default
+ configuration are vulnerable even if they do not support OCSP. Builds using
+ the "no-ocsp" build time option are not affected.
+
+ This issue was reported to OpenSSL by Shi Lei (Gear Team, Qihoo 360 Inc.)
+ (CVE-2016-6304)
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ *) SSL_peek() hang on empty record
+
+ OpenSSL 1.1.0 SSL/TLS will hang during a call to SSL_peek() if the peer
+ sends an empty record. This could be exploited by a malicious peer in a
+ Denial Of Service attack.
+
+ This issue was reported to OpenSSL by Alex Gaynor.
+ (CVE-2016-6305)
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ *) Excessive allocation of memory in tls_get_message_header() and
+ dtls1_preprocess_fragment()
+
+ A (D)TLS message includes 3 bytes for its length in the header for the
+ message. This would allow for messages up to 16Mb in length. Messages of
+ this length are excessive and OpenSSL includes a check to ensure that a
+ peer is sending reasonably sized messages in order to avoid too much memory
+ being consumed to service a connection. A flaw in the logic of version
+ 1.1.0 means that memory for the message is allocated too early, prior to
+ the excessive message length check. Due to way memory is allocated in
+ OpenSSL this could mean an attacker could force up to 21Mb to be allocated
+ to service a connection. This could lead to a Denial of Service through
+ memory exhaustion. However, the excessive message length check still takes
+ place, and this would cause the connection to immediately fail. Assuming
+ that the application calls SSL_free() on the failed conneciton in a timely
+ manner then the 21Mb of allocated memory will then be immediately freed
+ again. Therefore the excessive memory allocation will be transitory in
+ nature. This then means that there is only a security impact if:
+
+ 1) The application does not call SSL_free() in a timely manner in the event
+ that the connection fails
+ or
+ 2) The application is working in a constrained environment where there is
+ very little free memory
+ or
+ 3) The attacker initiates multiple connection attempts such that there are
+ multiple connections in a state where memory has been allocated for the
+ connection; SSL_free() has not yet been called; and there is insufficient
+ memory to service the multiple requests.
+
+ Except in the instance of (1) above any Denial Of Service is likely to be
+ transitory because as soon as the connection fails the memory is
+ subsequently freed again in the SSL_free() call. However there is an
+ increased risk during this period of application crashes due to the lack of
+ memory - which would then mean a more serious Denial of Service.
+
+ This issue was reported to OpenSSL by Shi Lei (Gear Team, Qihoo 360 Inc.)
+ (CVE-2016-6307 and CVE-2016-6308)
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ *) solaris-x86-cc, i.e. 32-bit configuration with vendor compiler,
+ had to be removed. Primary reason is that vendor assembler can't
+ assemble our modules with -KPIC flag. As result it, assembly
+ support, was not even available as option. But its lack means
+ lack of side-channel resistant code, which is incompatible with
+ security by todays standards. Fortunately gcc is readily available
+ prepackaged option, which we firmly point at...
+ [Andy Polyakov]
+
+ Changes between 1.0.2h and 1.1.0 [25 Aug 2016]
+
+ *) Windows command-line tool supports UTF-8 opt-in option for arguments
+ and console input. Setting OPENSSL_WIN32_UTF8 environment variable
+ (to any value) allows Windows user to access PKCS#12 file generated
+ with Windows CryptoAPI and protected with non-ASCII password, as well
+ as files generated under UTF-8 locale on Linux also protected with
+ non-ASCII password.
+ [Andy Polyakov]
+
+ *) To mitigate the SWEET32 attack (CVE-2016-2183), 3DES cipher suites
+ have been disabled by default and removed from DEFAULT, just like RC4.
+ See the RC4 item below to re-enable both.
+ [Rich Salz]
+
+ *) The method for finding the storage location for the Windows RAND seed file
+ has changed. First we check %RANDFILE%. If that is not set then we check
+ the directories %HOME%, %USERPROFILE% and %SYSTEMROOT% in that order. If
+ all else fails we fall back to C:\.
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ *) The EVP_EncryptUpdate() function has had its return type changed from void
+ to int. A return of 0 indicates and error while a return of 1 indicates
+ success.
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ *) The flags RSA_FLAG_NO_CONSTTIME, DSA_FLAG_NO_EXP_CONSTTIME and
+ DH_FLAG_NO_EXP_CONSTTIME which previously provided the ability to switch
+ off the constant time implementation for RSA, DSA and DH have been made
+ no-ops and deprecated.
+ [Matt Caswell]
+
+ *) Windows RAND implementation was simplified to only get entropy by
+ calling CryptGenRandom(). Various other RAND-related tickets
+ were also closed.
+ [Joseph Wylie Yandle, Rich Salz]
+
+ *) The stack and lhash API's were renamed to start with OPENSSL_SK_
+ and OPENSSL_LH_, respectively. The old names are available
+ with API compatibility. They new names are now completely documented.
+ [Rich Salz]
+
+ *) Unify TYPE_up_ref(obj) methods signature.
+ SSL_CTX_up_ref(), SSL_up_ref(), X509_up_ref(), EVP_PKEY_up_ref(),
+ X509_CRL_up_ref(), X509_OBJECT_up_ref_count() methods are now returning an
+ int (instead of void) like all others TYPE_up_ref() methods.
+ So now these methods also check the return value of CRYPTO_atomic_add(),
+ and the validity of object reference counter.
+ [fdasilvayy@gmail.com]
+
+ *) With Windows Visual Studio builds, the .pdb files are installed
+ alongside the installed libraries and executables. For a static
+ library installation, ossl_static.pdb is the associate compiler
+ generated .pdb file to be used when linking programs.
+ [Richard Levitte]