"Shellshock" bash bug

[Teo En Ming]

I have just found that my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation is vulnerable to 
the Shellshock Bash vulnerability. Patching my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 
installation now.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Teo En Ming
Singapore



On 27/09/2014 00:04, Teo En Ming wrote:
> I have already made sure that my cPanel server is safe from the 
> Shellshock Bash vulnerability. Now I am trying to confirm my wireless 
> router is safe from the shellshock bug, which is also based on Linux.
>
> Link for further reading:
>
> http://seclists.org/snort/2014/q3/976
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> -- 
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Teo En Ming
> Singapore
>
>
> On 26/09/2014 23:43, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> There has been a code-injection vulnerability in bash for the last 22 
>> years, recently discovered and named "Shellshock".  It's nasty. 
>> http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-6271
>>
>> Here's a quick one-liner to see if you're vulnerable:
>> $ env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable'  bash -c "echo this is a test"
>> vulnerable
>> this is a test
>> $
>>
>> If you get that result, update your bash from the repositories, and 
>> all should be well:
>> $ env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable'  bash -c "echo this is a test"
>> bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition attempt
>> bash: error importing function definition for `x'
>> this is a test
>> $
>>
>> Safe computing to all
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Kevin O'Gorman
>> #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!b))  /* Shakespeare */
>>
>> 	Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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