Sunday 19 October 2014

POODLE vulnerability (cPanel servers)

We are getting mails from client asking to check the POODLE vulnerability on their servers. To check this, run;


openssl s_client -connect ServerIP:443 -ssl3

If you get


CONNECTED(00000003)
140051818760008:error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure:s3_pkt.c:1257:SSL alert number 40
140051818760008:error:1409E0E5:SSL routines:SSL3_WRITE_BYTES:ssl handshake failure:s3_pkt.c:596:
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It's not vulnerable to POODLE. If the result showing any other result then perform below steps;
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1. Go to

WHM » Home » Service Configuration » Apache Configuration » Global Configuration

Add

SSL Cipher Suite: ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:-LOW:-SSLv2:-EXP:!kEDH:!aNULL

After that;

2. Go to

Home » Service Configuration » Apache Configuration » Include Editor » Pre Main Include

Select all versions, then add below lines (for CentOS/RHEL 6.x:)

Code: [Select]
SSLHonorCipherOrder On
SSLProtocol -All +TLSv1 +TLSv1.1 +TLSv1.2

Select all versions, then add below lines (CentOS/RHEL 5.x:)

Code: [Select]
SSLHonorCipherOrder On
SSLProtocol -All +TLSv1

Then update.

It will resolve the issue :)

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