How To Install heartbleeder on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heartbleeder on Kali Linux.

What is heartbleeder

heartbleeder is:

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).

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.

heartbleeder is a tool that tests remotely (over a network) if a system is compromised by an insecure OpenSSL service.

More about Heartbleed Bug can be viewed at http://heartbleed.com.

There are three methods to install heartbleeder on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install heartbleeder Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install heartbleeder using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install heartbleeder

Install heartbleeder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install heartbleeder using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install heartbleeder

Install heartbleeder Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install heartbleeder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install heartbleeder

How To Uninstall heartbleeder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the heartbleeder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove heartbleeder

Uninstall heartbleeder And Its Dependencies

To uninstall heartbleeder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove heartbleeder

Remove heartbleeder Configurations and Data

To remove heartbleeder configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge heartbleeder

Remove heartbleeder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove heartbleeder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heartbleeder

Dependencies

heartbleeder have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• heartbleeder website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install heartbleeder package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.