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5 This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
6 release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
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8 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2c and OpenSSL 1.0.2d [under development]
9
10 o Alternate chains certificate forgery (CVE-2015-1793)
11
12 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2b and OpenSSL 1.0.2c [12 Jun 2015]
13
14 o Fix HMAC ABI incompatibility
15
16 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2a and OpenSSL 1.0.2b [11 Jun 2015]
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18 o Malformed ECParameters causes infinite loop (CVE-2015-1788)
19 o Exploitable out-of-bounds read in X509_cmp_time (CVE-2015-1789)
20 o PKCS7 crash with missing EnvelopedContent (CVE-2015-1790)
21 o CMS verify infinite loop with unknown hash function (CVE-2015-1792)
22 o Race condition handling NewSessionTicket (CVE-2015-1791)
23
24 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2 and OpenSSL 1.0.2a [19 Mar 2015]
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26 o OpenSSL 1.0.2 ClientHello sigalgs DoS fix (CVE-2015-0291)
27 o Multiblock corrupted pointer fix (CVE-2015-0290)
28 o Segmentation fault in DTLSv1_listen fix (CVE-2015-0207)
29 o Segmentation fault in ASN1_TYPE_cmp fix (CVE-2015-0286)
30 o Segmentation fault for invalid PSS parameters fix (CVE-2015-0208)
31 o ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption fix (CVE-2015-0287)
32 o PKCS7 NULL pointer dereferences fix (CVE-2015-0289)
33 o DoS via reachable assert in SSLv2 servers fix (CVE-2015-0293)
34 o Empty CKE with client auth and DHE fix (CVE-2015-1787)
35 o Handshake with unseeded PRNG fix (CVE-2015-0285)
36 o Use After Free following d2i_ECPrivatekey error fix (CVE-2015-0209)
37 o X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer deref fix (CVE-2015-0288)
38 o Removed the export ciphers from the DEFAULT ciphers
39
40 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1l and OpenSSL 1.0.2 [22 Jan 2015]:
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42 o Suite B support for TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2
43 o Support for DTLS 1.2
44 o TLS automatic EC curve selection.
45 o API to set TLS supported signature algorithms and curves
46 o SSL_CONF configuration API.
47 o TLS Brainpool support.
48 o ALPN support.
49 o CMS support for RSA-PSS, RSA-OAEP, ECDH and X9.42 DH.
50
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51 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1k and OpenSSL 1.0.1l [15 Jan 2015]
52
53 o Build fixes for the Windows and OpenVMS platforms
54
55 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1j and OpenSSL 1.0.1k [8 Jan 2015]
56
57 o Fix for CVE-2014-3571
58 o Fix for CVE-2015-0206
59 o Fix for CVE-2014-3569
60 o Fix for CVE-2014-3572
61 o Fix for CVE-2015-0204
62 o Fix for CVE-2015-0205
63 o Fix for CVE-2014-8275
64 o Fix for CVE-2014-3570
65
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66 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1i and OpenSSL 1.0.1j [15 Oct 2014]
67
68 o Fix for CVE-2014-3513
69 o Fix for CVE-2014-3567
70 o Mitigation for CVE-2014-3566 (SSL protocol vulnerability)
71 o Fix for CVE-2014-3568
72
73 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1h and OpenSSL 1.0.1i [6 Aug 2014]
74
75 o Fix for CVE-2014-3512
76 o Fix for CVE-2014-3511
77 o Fix for CVE-2014-3510
78 o Fix for CVE-2014-3507
79 o Fix for CVE-2014-3506
80 o Fix for CVE-2014-3505
81 o Fix for CVE-2014-3509
82 o Fix for CVE-2014-5139
83 o Fix for CVE-2014-3508
84
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85 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1g and OpenSSL 1.0.1h [5 Jun 2014]
86
87 o Fix for CVE-2014-0224
88 o Fix for CVE-2014-0221
367eab2f 89 o Fix for CVE-2014-0198
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90 o Fix for CVE-2014-0195
91 o Fix for CVE-2014-3470
92 o Fix for CVE-2010-5298
93
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94 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1f and OpenSSL 1.0.1g [7 Apr 2014]
95
96 o Fix for CVE-2014-0160
97 o Add TLS padding extension workaround for broken servers.
98 o Fix for CVE-2014-0076
99
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100 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1e and OpenSSL 1.0.1f [6 Jan 2014]
101
102 o Don't include gmt_unix_time in TLS server and client random values
103 o Fix for TLS record tampering bug CVE-2013-4353
104 o Fix for TLS version checking bug CVE-2013-6449
105 o Fix for DTLS retransmission bug CVE-2013-6450
106
57d7ee3a 107 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1d and OpenSSL 1.0.1e [11 Feb 2013]:
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109 o Corrected fix for CVE-2013-0169
110
57d7ee3a 111 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1c and OpenSSL 1.0.1d [4 Feb 2013]:
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113 o Fix renegotiation in TLS 1.1, 1.2 by using the correct TLS version.
114 o Include the fips configuration module.
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115 o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
116 o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
117 o Fix for TLS AESNI record handling flaw CVE-2012-2686
5818a07a 118
57d7ee3a 119 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1b and OpenSSL 1.0.1c [10 May 2012]:
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121 o Fix TLS/DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
122 o Don't attempt to use non-FIPS composite ciphers in FIPS mode.
123
57d7ee3a 124 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b [26 Apr 2012]:
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126 o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms.
127 o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode.
128 o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0
129
57d7ee3a 130 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a [19 Apr 2012]:
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132 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
133 o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos.
134 o Fix SEGV in AES code.
135
57d7ee3a 136 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1 [14 Mar 2012]:
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138 o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
139 o SCTP support.
140 o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
141 o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
142 o Next Protocol Negotiation.
143 o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
144 o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
145 o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
146 o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
147 o SRP support.
148
57d7ee3a 149 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h [12 Mar 2012]:
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151 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
152 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
153 o Various DTLS fixes.
154
57d7ee3a 155 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g [18 Jan 2012]:
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157 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
158
57d7ee3a 159 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f [4 Jan 2012]:
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161 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
162 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
163 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
164 o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
165 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
166
57d7ee3a 167 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e [6 Sep 2011]:
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169 o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
170 o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
171 o Protection against EC timing attacks.
172 o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
173 o Various DTLS fixes.
174
57d7ee3a 175 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d [8 Feb 2011]:
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177 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
178
57d7ee3a 179 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c [2 Dec 2010]:
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181 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
182 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
183 o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
184 o Fix various platform compilation issues.
185 o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
186
57d7ee3a 187 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b [16 Nov 2010]:
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189 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
190 o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
191 o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
192
57d7ee3a 193 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a [1 Jun 2010]:
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3cbb15ee 195 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
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196 o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
197
57d7ee3a 198 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0 [29 Mar 2010]:
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200 o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
201 o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
202 o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
ef236ec3 203 o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
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204 o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
205 o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
206 o ASN1 printing support.
207 o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
208 o RFC3161 time stamp support.
209 o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
210 o New generalised public key API utilities.
211 o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
212 o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
213 o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
214 o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
215 o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
216 o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
217 o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
218 o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
14023fe3 219 o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
4e74239d 220
57d7ee3a 221 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n [24 Mar 2010]:
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223 o CFB cipher definition fixes.
224 o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
225
57d7ee3a 226 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m [25 Feb 2010]:
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228 o Cipher definition fixes.
229 o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
230 o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
231 o SPKAC handling fixes.
232 o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
233 o Compression memory leak fixed.
234 o Compression session resumption fixed.
235 o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
236 o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
237
57d7ee3a 238 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l [5 Nov 2009]:
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240 o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
241
57d7ee3a 242 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k [25 Mar 2009]:
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244 o Fix various build issues.
245 o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
246
57d7ee3a 247 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j [7 Jan 2009]:
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248
249 o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
250 o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
251
57d7ee3a 252 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h [28 May 2008]:
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254 o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
255 o Various precautionary measures.
256 o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
257 o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
258
57d7ee3a 259 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g [19 Oct 2007]:
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7f1c086b 261 o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
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262 o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
263
57d7ee3a 264 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f [11 Oct 2007]:
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266 o Add gcc 4.2 support.
267 o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
268 for VC++ build.
269 o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
270 selected at compile time.
271 o DTLS improvements.
272 o RFC4507bis support.
273 o TLS Extensions support.
274
57d7ee3a 275 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e [23 Feb 2007]:
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277 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
278 o RFC3779 support.
279
57d7ee3a 280 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d [28 Sep 2006]:
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282 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
283 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
284 o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
285
57d7ee3a 286 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c [5 Sep 2006]:
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288 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
289 o New cipher Camellia
290
57d7ee3a 291 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b [4 May 2006]:
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293 o Cipher string fixes.
294 o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
295 o Updated ECC cipher suite support.
296 o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free().
297 o Zlib compression usage fixes.
298 o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
299 o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
300
57d7ee3a 301 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a [11 Oct 2005]:
72dce768 302
b79aa05e 303 o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
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304 o Extended Windows CE support
305
57d7ee3a 306 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8 [5 Jul 2005]:
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308 o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
309 make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
310 is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library.
311 o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST
312 curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions.
313 o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including
314 the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE.
315 o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL
316 configuration file.
317 o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding.
318 o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files.
319 o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking
320 programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate
321 Makefile.shared.
c8310124 322 o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another.
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323 o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules
324 automatically from specifically given directories.
325 o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair.
326 o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful.
327 o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress"
328 mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker
329 function and an argument.
330 o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation).
331 o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3
332 Nehemiah processors.
333 o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions.
334 See RFC 1884, section 2.2.
335 o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy
336 constraints and name constraints.
337 o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL
338 configuration file.
339 o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject
340 in the 'openssl ca' index file.
341 o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using
342 'openssl ca -selfsign'.
343 o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with
344 'openssl ca -create_serial'.
345 o New binary search functions with extended functionality.
346 o New BUF functions.
347 o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all
348 sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and
349 private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs.
350 This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing
351 OpenSSL.
352 o New control functions for the error stack.
353 o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME
354 processing.
355 o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated
356 functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the
357 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts.
358 o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other
359 affected functions.
360 o Improved platform support for PowerPC.
361 o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512).
362 o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation
363 of X.509 path validation.
364 o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and
365 AMD64.
366 o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled
367 by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new
368 argument form 'enable-xxx'.
369 o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to
370 SHA-1.
613e7d2a 371 o Added support for DTLS.
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372 o New BIGNUM blinding.
373 o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme
374 o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding.
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375 o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare.
376 o Added support for files larger than 2GB.
377 o Added initial support for Win64.
378 o Added alternate pkg-config files.
7017605d 379
57d7ee3a 380 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m [23 Feb 2007]:
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382 o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
383 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
384
57d7ee3a 385 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l [28 Sep 2006]:
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387 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
388 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
389
57d7ee3a 390 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k [5 Sep 2006]:
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392 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
393
57d7ee3a 394 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j [4 May 2006]:
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396 o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
397 o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
398
57d7ee3a 399 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i [14 Oct 2005]:
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401 o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
402
57d7ee3a 403 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h [11 Oct 2005]:
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405 o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
406 o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
407 o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
408
57d7ee3a 409 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g [11 Apr 2005]:
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411 o More compilation issues fixed.
412 o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
413 o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin.
414 o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module.
415 o More constification.
416 o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
417
57d7ee3a 418 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f [22 Mar 2005]:
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420 o Several compilation issues fixed.
421 o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
422 o Improved comparison of X509 Name type.
423 o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
424 o Performance improvements.
425
57d7ee3a 426 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e [25 Oct 2004]:
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428 o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
429 o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
430
57d7ee3a 431 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d [17 Mar 2004]:
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433 o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
434 o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
435 o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index
436 o Multiple X509 verification fixes
437 o Speed up HMAC and other operations
438
57d7ee3a 439 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c [30 Sep 2003]:
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441 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
442 o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
443 o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
444 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
445
57d7ee3a 446 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b [10 Apr 2003]:
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448 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
449 Bleichbacher's attack
450 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
451 o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support.
452 o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc.
453 o Build: shared library support fixes.
454 o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
455 o Documentation: fixes and additions.
456
57d7ee3a 457 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a [19 Feb 2003]:
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459 o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
460 o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
461 o Can be built without the ENGINE framework.
462 o IA32 assembler enhancements.
463 o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64.
464 o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly.
465 o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
466 o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
467
57d7ee3a 468 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7 [30 Dec 2002]:
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470 o New library section OCSP.
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471 o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
472 o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
473 o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
474 o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
475 o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
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476 o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer
477 a separate distribution.
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478 o New elliptic curve library section.
479 o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
1fc73fef 480 o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit,
29902449 481 Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9
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482 o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks
483 o Enhanced support for shared libraries.
29902449 484 o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested.
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485 o Support for pkg-config.
486 o Lots of new manuals.
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487 o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described
488 functions.
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489 o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
490 against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
491 Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
492 future).
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493 o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine)
494 to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers.
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495 o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
496 o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
497 and help optimizers.
498 o Finally remove references to RSAref.
499 o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
500 o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
501 Processing, IBM 4758.
9801fb61 502 o A few new engines added in the demos area.
e1f7ea25 503 o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table.
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504 o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
505 EGD style random sources at several locations.
506 o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
507 o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
508 o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
1fc73fef 509 Only supports MIT Kerberos for now.
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510 o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
511 o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
ea4f109c 512 o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
e4fb4977 513
57d7ee3a 514 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k [30 Sep 2003]:
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516 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
517 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
518
57d7ee3a 519 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j [10 Apr 2003]:
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521 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
522 Bleichbacher's attack
523 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
524 o Build: shared library support fixes.
525
57d7ee3a 526 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i [19 Feb 2003]:
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528 o Important security related bugfixes.
529
57d7ee3a 530 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h [5 Dec 2002]:
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532 o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
533 o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
534 o Better handling of SSL session caching.
535 o Better comparison of distinguished names.
536 o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment.
537 o Support assembler code with Borland C.
538 o Fixes for length problems.
539 o Fixes for uninitialised variables.
540 o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions.
541 o Fixes for smaller building problems.
542 o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
543
57d7ee3a 544 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g [9 Aug 2002]:
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546 o Important building fixes on Unix.
547
57d7ee3a 548 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f [8 Aug 2002]:
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550 o Various important bugfixes.
551
57d7ee3a 552 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e [30 Jul 2002]:
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554 o Important security related bugfixes.
555 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
556
57d7ee3a 557 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d [9 May 2002]:
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559 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
560 o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
4dec4f64 561
57d7ee3a 562 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c [21 Dec 2001]:
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564 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
565 o BIGNUM library fixes.
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566 o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
567 o Object identifiers corrected and added.
568 o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
569 o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
570 MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
a3790c0d 571 o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
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572 Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
573 [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
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57d7ee3a 575 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b [9 Jul 2001]:
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577 o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
578 o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
579 o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
580 attack.
581 o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
582 o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
583 o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
584 o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
585 o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
586 o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
587 o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
588 o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
589 o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
590 o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
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57d7ee3a 592 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a [5 Apr 2001]:
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594 o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
595 environment variables when running as root.
596 o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the
597 possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly
598 calculated signature.
599 o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
600 o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
601 master secret in DH ciphersuites.
4fea8145 602 o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
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603 o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
604 des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
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605 o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
606 o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
607 memory checking routines.
5012158a 608 o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments.
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609 o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications.
610 o Remove a few potential memory leaks.
611 o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
612 o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
613 o More documentation.
4fea8145 614 o New function BN_rand_range().
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615 o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
616
57d7ee3a 617 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6 [10 Oct 2000]:
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619 o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
620 o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
621 o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
622 o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
623 o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
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624 o MD4 now included.
625 o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
4dec4f64 626 o Support for external crypto devices [1].
fda05b21 627 o Enhanced EVP interface.
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630 distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
631
57d7ee3a 632 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a [1 Apr 2000]:
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b7a81df4 634 o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
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635 o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
636 o Support of Linux/IA64
b7a81df4 637 o Assembler support for Mingw32
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638 o New 'rand' application
639 o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
640
57d7ee3a 641 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5 [25 May 2000]:
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90644dd7 643 o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
0c235249 644 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
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645 o Automation of 'req' application
646 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
647 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
648 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
ae1bb4e5 649 o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
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650 o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
651 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
652 o Usable certificate chain verification
653 o Certificate purpose checking
654 o Certificate trust settings
655 o Support of authority information access extension
656 o Extensions in certificate requests
657 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
ae1bb4e5 658 o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
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659 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
660 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
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661 o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
662 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
663 data
90644dd7 664 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
8bd5b794 665 o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
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666 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
667 RSA functionality
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668 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
669 via a per-thread stack
670 o PRNG robustness improved
4d524e10 671 o EGD support
6d9ca500 672 o BIGNUM library bug fixes
4d524e10 673 o Faster DSA parameter generation
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674 o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
675 o Experimental MacOS support
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57d7ee3a 677 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4 [9 Aug 1999]:
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679 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
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680 by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
681 form
682 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
683 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
684 o Avoid various memory leaks
685 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
686 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
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57d7ee3a 688 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3 [24 May 1999]:
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689 o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
690 o RSA OEAP related fixes
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691 o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
692 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
693 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
703126f0 694 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
a03dd7a6 695 extension support
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696 o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
697 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
698 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
2cf9fcda 699 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
b0759f87 700 o Option to disable selected ciphers
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57d7ee3a 702 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b [22 Mar 1999]:
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704 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
705 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
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706 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
707 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
708 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
709 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
710 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
03e20a1a 711 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
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712 o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions
713 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
714 o Overhauled Win32 builds
715 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
716 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
717 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
718 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
719 o Overhauled Perl interface
720 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
721 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
722 o Lots of bug fixes.
723
57d7ee3a 724 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c [23 Dec 1998]:
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725 o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
726 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
727 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
728 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
729 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
730 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
731 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
732 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
733 o Support for various new platforms
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