NST Heartbleed Detection

Overview

This page shows how to use NST and nmap to detect the heartbleed vulnerability. Heartbleed is a software bug in the open-source cryptography library OpenSSL, which allows an attacker to read the memory of the host computer, allowing them to retrieve potentially privacy-sensitive data.

See the following sites for technical detail on the vulnerability:

• CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) CVE-2014-0160
• OpenSSL Security Advisory 20140407
• CVE Details