The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is proud to share the results of our security work on the BOLT binary scanner for LLVM. LLVM is an open source compiler for translating human-readable source code for machine-readable hardware. In 2024, Arm engineer Kristof Beyls developed a static binary analyzer on BOLT,…
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) is proud to share the results of our security audit of PHP Specifically, the open source implementation of the interpreter for the PHP scripting language, which is popular in use for web development. As a result of this collaboration with OSTIF, Quarkslab, and…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of Hickory DNS. Hickory DNS is an open source Rust based DNS client, server, and resolver. With the help of X41 D-Sec and Prossimo, this project can continue to provide users with a safe and secure DNS server and…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of Node.js. Node.js is an open source project that is designed to build scalable network applications through asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime. With the help of Ada Logics and the OpenJS Foundation, this project will experience deeper fuzzing as it…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our fuzzing audit of LLVM. The LLVM project is a compilation of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technology. Having completed this fuzzing audit with the help of Ada Logics and the Sovereign Tech Fund, LLVM can experience a deeper and more…
The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is working with the Monero community to fund at least two (and probably three) audits of Monero RandomX. What is RandomX? RandomX is a project that implements a dynamic proof of work algorithm. The aim of an algorithm that changes is to make it…
We would like to thank our sponsors Private Internet Access and DuckDuckGo for helping to fund this security review, as well as all of our donors and individual supporters. This crucial work doesn’t happen without support from the community. The quick and dirty: OpenSSL version 1.1.1 was evaluated with special foci on new TLS…
OpenVPN 2.4.0, the NDIS6 TAP Driver for Windows, the Windows GUI, and Linux versions were evaluated. This release included a number of new features including control channel encryption. QuarksLab found: 1 Critical/High Vulnerability CVE-2017-7478 1 Medium Vulnerability CVE-2017-7479 5 Low or Informational Vulnerabilities / Concerns This public disclosure of these vulnerabilities coincides with the release of OpenVPN 2.4.2 which fixes…
New Attacks on Privacy Show That Legal Solutions Cant Be Relied On One of the core concepts that motivated me to create the OSTIF is the belief that the Internet is an enormous tool for good. In order for us to be able to enjoy the fruits of free information,…
The Audit of OpenVPN is Complete We have confirmed with QuarksLab that the security review of OpenVPN 2.4.0 is complete, and that they are now documenting the results. The process will then proceed as follows: QuarksLab will securely give these results to the OpenVPN security team on April 7th. The…