openSUSE Security Update: bash
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2014:1254-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #895475 #896776 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-6271 CVE-2014-7169 CVE-2014-7186
                    CVE-2014-7187
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.2
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   An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   bash was updated to fix command injection via environment variables.
   (CVE-2014-6271,CVE-2014-7169)

   Also a hardening patch was applied that only imports functions over
   BASH_FUNC_ prefixed environment variables.

   Also fixed: CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187: bad handling of HERE documents
   and for loop issue


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 13.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-567

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

      bash-4.2-75.4.1
      bash-debuginfo-4.2-75.4.1
      bash-debugsource-4.2-75.4.1
      bash-devel-4.2-75.4.1
      bash-loadables-4.2-75.4.1
      bash-loadables-debuginfo-4.2-75.4.1
      libreadline6-6.2-75.4.1
      libreadline6-debuginfo-6.2-75.4.1
      readline-devel-6.2-75.4.1

   - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

      bash-debuginfo-32bit-4.2-75.4.1
      libreadline6-32bit-6.2-75.4.1
      libreadline6-debuginfo-32bit-6.2-75.4.1
      readline-devel-32bit-6.2-75.4.1

   - openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):

      bash-doc-4.2-75.4.1
      bash-lang-4.2-75.4.1
      readline-doc-6.2-75.4.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6271.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7186.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7187.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895475
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896776

openSUSE: 2014:1254-1: critical: bash

September 29, 2014
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available

Description

bash was updated to fix command injection via environment variables. (CVE-2014-6271,CVE-2014-7169) Also a hardening patch was applied that only imports functions over BASH_FUNC_ prefixed environment variables. Also fixed: CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187: bad handling of HERE documents and for loop issue

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-567 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): bash-4.2-75.4.1 bash-debuginfo-4.2-75.4.1 bash-debugsource-4.2-75.4.1 bash-devel-4.2-75.4.1 bash-loadables-4.2-75.4.1 bash-loadables-debuginfo-4.2-75.4.1 libreadline6-6.2-75.4.1 libreadline6-debuginfo-6.2-75.4.1 readline-devel-6.2-75.4.1 - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64): bash-debuginfo-32bit-4.2-75.4.1 libreadline6-32bit-6.2-75.4.1 libreadline6-debuginfo-32bit-6.2-75.4.1 readline-devel-32bit-6.2-75.4.1 - openSUSE 13.2 (noarch): bash-doc-4.2-75.4.1 bash-lang-4.2-75.4.1 readline-doc-6.2-75.4.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6271.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7186.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7187.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895475 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896776


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1254-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 .

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