Fedora 24: FEDORA-2016-a822b472c4 Moderate: Bash Code Execution Threat
fedora
September 23, 2016
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.
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 24
Version: 4.3.42
Release: 6.fc24
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Summary: The GNU Bourne Again shell
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