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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 Critical: RHSA-2014:1293-01 Remote Exploit

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2014
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Recent modifications to bash packages on Red Hat address a major security vulnerability. It is advised that all compromised systems undergo an upgrade.
Updated bash packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell and command language interpreter compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
A flaw was found in the way Bash evaluated certain specially crafted environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Certain services and applications allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide environment variables, allowing them to exploit this issue. (CVE-2014-6271)
For additional information on the CVE-2014-6271 flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223
Red Hat would like to thank Stephane Chazelas for reporting this issue.
All bash users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6271 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.src.rpm
i386: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.i386.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.x86_64.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.src.rpm
i386: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.i386.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.i386.rpm
ia64: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.i386.rpm bash-3.2-33.el5.1.ia64.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.i386.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.ppc.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.ppc.rpm
s390x: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.s390x.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: bash-3.2-33.el5.1.x86_64.rpm bash-debuginfo-3.2-33.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: bash-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.src.rpm
i386: bash-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.i686.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: bash-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source: bash-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.src.rpm
i386: bash-debuginfo-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.i686.rpm bash-doc-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: bash-debuginfo-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm bash-doc-4.1.2-15.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1293-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1293.html
Issue date: 2014-09-24

Topic

Updated bash packages that fix one security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1141597 - CVE-2014-6271 bash: specially-crafted environment variables can be used to inject shell commands

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