How to Install and Uninstall heartbleeder Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "heartbleeder" package

This tutorial shows how to install heartbleeder on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                heartbleeder
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "heartbleeder" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall heartbleeder on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                heartbleeder
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the heartbleeder package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: heartbleeder
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 6336
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-go
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/h/heartbleeder/heartbleeder_0.1.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1146544
MD5sum: ece501ebd435436068adb6bde41435e1
SHA1: 31e3783bf0f60cc32aeafc6705e5712be0c54560
SHA256: 22c50597faccb2839f63865c0ffc495f1545fc8ac7f5f9cd08b6b5bad743e00a
Description-en: test servers for OpenSSL CVE-2014-0160 aka Heartbleed
The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL
cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the
information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS
encryption used to secure the Internet. SSL/TLS provides communication
security and privacy over the Internet for applications such as web,
email, instant messaging (IM) and some virtual private networks (VPNs).
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The Heartbleed bug allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory
of the systems protected by the vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL
software. This compromises the secret keys used to identify the service
providers and to encrypt the traffic, the names and passwords of the
users and the actual content. This allows attackers to eavesdrop on
communications, steal data directly from the services and users and
to impersonate services and users.
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heartbleeder is a tool that tests remotely (over a network) if a
system is compromised by an insecure OpenSSL service.
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More about Heartbleed Bug can be viewed at http://heartbleed.com.
Description-md5: 23a3b300a2cc44388ddae46a1df2e1a7
Homepage: https://github.com/titanous/heartbleeder
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu