USN-2380-1: Bash vulnerabilities
9 October 2014
Several security issues were fixed in Bash.
Releases
Packages
- bash - The GNU Bourne Again SHell
Details
Michal Zalewski discovered that Bash incorrectly handled parsing certain
function definitions. If an attacker were able to create an environment
variable containing a function definition with a very specific name, these
issues could possibly be used to bypass certain environment restrictions
and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278)
Please note that the previous Bash security update, USN-2364-1, includes
a hardening measure that prevents these issues from being used in a
Shellshock attack.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.