Re: Heads up: possible BASH security vulnerability

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:33:15 -0600
jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> On 09/24/2014 05:27 PM, Jared K. Smith wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan 
> > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Can we assume a patched version of Bash will be released
> > shortly?
> >
> >
> > It's in updates-testing now, and has enough karma that it should be 
> > pushed stable the next time the packages are mashed.  See 
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bash-4.3.22-3.fc21 for more 
> > details.
> >
> > --
> > Jared Smith
> >
> >
> So, could someone explain the nature of the vulnerability?


https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/09/24/bash-specially-crafted-environment-variables-code-injection-attack/

has a good writeup... 

along with: http://lwn.net/Articles/613032/

kevin

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