There are a lot of embedded Linux device that are built on Linux, that are used exactly for security purposes, like gateways, if I check OpenSSL I get:
openssl version -a
gets -»
OpenSSL 1.0.0k 5 Feb 2013
But this maybe patched or merged and I don't have access to the sources, how can I check that my system is not vulnerable without relying on openssl version -a