A version is a fact and a vulnerability is a judgement about it. This set checks that you can read a version, compare two of them the way their numbers order, and say what would make a finding worth acting on.
Each one is marked as you go, and the explanation arrives straight after, which is
the part worth reading.
4 questions, marked as you go.
Tasks
These need your own device. Run the command in Termux, then paste what it printed.
The marking looks at what the output means, so spacing, version numbers and
ordering do not matter. If you have not installed anything yet, the
lesson covers the setup.
Read the version of a component you run
This prints the version and build details of OpenSSL, a component on every device. Paste the output, and read the first line for the version number.
Run this in Termux
On your own device. Nothing on this page executes it. The command runs in
your terminal, and this box only reads what you paste back.
openssl version -a
The version is the three numbers after the word OpenSSL. The line after it is when this copy was built, which is often later than the release date.
the version number is printed
the build date is printed
the platform line is present
the command actually ran
What a good answer looks like
A first line beginning OpenSSL and then a version such as 3.0.19, followed by the date the release was cut. Below it come a built on line with the compile date, a platform line naming the target, and further lines about the build options and the directory the library lives in. The version is the three numbers, major, minor and patch, and it is the patch number that moves most often. Your version will differ from anyone else's, and the point is to read the one on your own device.
Marking your own work
Both halves of this are checked in your browser, with no server involved, so nothing
stops you from pasting output you did not run. The tasks are written so that the
easiest way to pass one is to actually do it and read the result, which is the whole
intention.