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The lowdown on the SKIP-TLS and FREAK flaws UPDATE

Jamie Riden

06 Mar 2015 1 Min Read

Following this week’s disclosure of the FREAK attack, and yesterday’s post where we covered impacts and remediation options Microsoft have now stepped up with this advisory https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/3046015.

We did cover clients/browsers but here is a dedicated listing, current as of yesterday 5th March:

Browser Status
Internet Explorer Security advisory
Chrome on Mac OS Patch available now
Chrome on Android …
Safari on Mac OS Patch expected next week
Safari on iOS Patch expected next week
Stock Android Browser …
Blackberry Browser …
Opera on Mac OS …
Opera on Linux …

 

To check your browser to see if it’s vulnerable this tool gives a one-click answer:
https://freakattack.com/clienttest.html

Qualys’ SSL Labs also have a one-click client test tool:
https://dev.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html