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SUSE: 2014:1212-1 Critical: Bash Code Execution Advisory

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2014
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Summary

bash has been updated to fix a critical security issue. In some circumstances, the shell would evaluate shellcode in environment variables passed at startup time. This allowed code execution by local or remote attackers who could pass environment variables to bash scripts. (CVE-2014-6271) Additionally, the following bugs have been fixed: * Fix crash when expanding '$[' without matching ']'. (bnc#844550) * Do not restart the signal handler after a trap is reset. (bnc#820149) * Work around a crash in libreadline. (bnc#819783) * Make skeleton files configurations files. (bnc#776694) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-6271 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update critical code execution SUSE Linux Enterprise Bash

References

#776694 #819783 #820149 #844550 #896776

Cross- CVE-2014-0475

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0475.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776694

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819783

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820149

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844550

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896776

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1212-1
Rating: critical

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security advisory security issue update critical code execution SUSE Linux Enterprise Bash

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