BASH security vulnerability

[John Niendorf]

Hi Marc,

Just to be clear, what vulnerability do you mean?

John

On 10/08/2014 09:22 PM, Marc Tremblay wrote:
> Hello,
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> I work for a school board in Montreal, Quebec and we are transitioning
> over to GAFE. This transition has allowed the acceptance of Ubuntu
> (Lubuntu) as a perfect solution for converting our older labs which
> painfully run on Windows 7.
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> In a meeting this morning the issue of the BASH security vulnerability
> was brought up as a reason not to go the Ubuntu open source route. I
> need to find out if this security vulnerability is something we should
> be worried about to the point of not moving forward with this project.
> It would mean 1000 of computers being sent for recycling instead of
> repurposing them with FOSS.
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> Any thoughts??
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> Marc Tremblay
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> Educational Services Dept
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> Lester B. Pearson School Board
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> 1925 Brookdale
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> Dorval, H9P 2Y7
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> mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca <mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca>
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