The Star: Swiss Crack SSL, Experts Go ‘Ho-Hum’

“In addition, an attacker would have to be in control of a
network computer located in the middle of the two people
communicating over which the messages were flowing, he said.

“‘It’s possible, but it has limited applicability,’ he said.

“[Avi Rubin] said patches are already available to fix the hole,
which affects one particular mode of OpenSSL. Like all so-called
‘open source’ software, OpenSSL is free software created by
developers who can modify it at any time…”

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