CloudLinux 6 OpenSSL Security Update

CloudLinux is widely used by shared hosting provider and it provides isolated environment for each user.

An update for CloudLinux was just released to address the widely publicized OpenSSL “Heartbleed” vulnerability and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible.

How to upgrade it?

You will need to login to your server via SSH as a root user. Once you log in, execute the following commands:

# yum clean all
# yum update openssl
# cagefsctl --force-update
# /etc/init.d/httpd stop
# /etc/init.d/httpd start

If you are using LiteSpeed you would need to update it to 4.2.9. For more information, refer the following URL:

http://blog.litespeedtech.com/2014/04/08/litespeed-security-patch-to-fix-heartbleed-bug-in-openssl/