This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1c and OpenSSL 1.0.1d:
+
+ o Fix renegotiation in TLS 1.1, 1.2 by using the correct TLS version.
+ o Include the fips configuration module.
+ o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
+ o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
+ o Fix for TLS AESNI record handling flaw CVE-2012-2686
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1b and OpenSSL 1.0.1c:
+
+ o Fix TLS/DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
+ o Don't attempt to use non-FIPS composite ciphers in FIPS mode.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b:
+
+ o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms.
+ o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode.
+ o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a:
+
+ o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
+ o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos.
+ o Fix SEGV in AES code.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1:
+
+ o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
+ o SCTP support.
+ o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
+ o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
+ o Next Protocol Negotiation.
+ o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
+ o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
+ o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
+ o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
+ o SRP support.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h:
+
+ o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
+ o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
+ o Various DTLS fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g:
+
+ o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f:
+
+ o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
+ o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
+ o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
+ o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
+ o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e:
+
+ o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
+ o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
+ o Protection against EC timing attacks.
+ o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
+ o Various DTLS fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
+ o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
+ o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
+ o Fix various platform compilation issues.
+ o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
+ o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
+ o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
+ o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0:
+
+ o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
+ o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
+ o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
+ o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
+ o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
+ o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
+ o ASN1 printing support.
+ o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
+ o RFC3161 time stamp support.
+ o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
+ o New generalised public key API utilities.
+ o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
+ o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
+ o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
+ o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
+ o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
+ o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
+ o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
+ o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
+ o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
+ o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742.
+ o Various DTLS fixes.
+ o Recognise SHA2 certificates if only SSL algorithms added.
+ o Fix for no-rc4 compilation.
+ o Chil ENGINE unload workaround.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n:
+
+ o CFB cipher definition fixes.
+ o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m:
+
+ o Cipher definition fixes.
+ o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
+ o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
+ o SPKAC handling fixes.
+ o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
+ o Compression memory leak fixed.
+ o Compression session resumption fixed.
+ o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
+ o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l:
+
+ o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k:
+
+ o Fix various build issues.
+ o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j:
+
+ o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
+ o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h:
+
+ o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
+ o Various precautionary measures.
+ o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
+ o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g:
+
+ o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
+ o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f:
+
+ o Add gcc 4.2 support.
+ o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
+ for VC++ build.
+ o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
+ selected at compile time.
+ o DTLS improvements.
+ o RFC4507bis support.
+ o TLS Extensions support.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e:
+
+ o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
+ o RFC3779 support.
+
Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d:
o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
o Added initial support for Win64.
o Added alternate pkg-config files.
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m:
+
+ o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
+ o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
+
Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l:
o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)