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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2016-62e6c462ef Critical Bash Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch release for Fedora 23 tackling a severe bash vulnerability leading to potential unauthorized code execution.
Security fix for CVE-2016-0634.

Summary

The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language

interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash

incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell

(csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-0634.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue code execution bash Fedora 23

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1377613 - CVE-2016-0634 bash: Arbitrary code execution via malicious hostname https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377613

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update bash' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: bash
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 4.3.42
Release: 4.fc23
URL:
Summary: The GNU Bourne Again shell

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue code execution bash Fedora 23

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