Bug in Bash shell creates big security hole on anything with *nix

Bug in Bash shell creates big security hole on anything with *nix in it | Ars Technica Time to go back to Win 7 (JUST Kidding)
Running sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade fixed it for me in Ubuntu 14.04

 

I think you're trolling with that win7 comment, sooo...

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3032
USN-2362-1: Bash vulnerability | Ubuntu

 

Well, that explains why most of my scripts suddenly stopped working after update.

 

I've been patching like crazy since yesterday.

To test if your version of Bash is vulnerable run this command:

Code:

env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable'  bash -c "echo this is a test"

If the above command outputs the word "vulnerable", you need to upgrade or patch bash.

 

Concern over Bash vulnerability grows as exploit reported “in the wild” [Updated] | Ars Technica Update to this topic
(I do not get the photo significance)

 

Ahem. "shellshock".

 

I'm more concerned about all the built-on-top-of-Linux devices out there - routers, NASes, and the like which are typically run by non-Linux users - who are more often than not unaware that their device runs Linux - than I am about desktop/server Linux systems which are typically used/administrated by people with an extremely high level of technical proficiency and thus will likely be patched very quickly.

 

A second patch came out yesterday to address the unfixed portion of the bug. They appear to have been quickly uploaded in the main branches on Friday so most of us can just re-download bash, again.

 

Well, most embedded devices are not affected by this since typically not use bash as their default shell.