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Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:55:20 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@...e.edu>
To: Shawn <citypw@...il.com>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: chet.ramey@...e.edu
Subject: Re: more bash parser bugs (CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278)

On 10/1/14, 10:57 PM, Shawn wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Ed Prevost <me@...ardprevost.info> wrote:
>> On 10/1/2014 2:11 PM, Shawn wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@...e.edu> wrote:
>>>> On 10/1/14, 5:04 PM, Shawn wrote:
>>>>> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3-patches/bash43-028
>>>> Nope, this one fixes 7168/7169.  It's the equivalent of the
>>>> `parser-oob' patch.
>>>>
>>>> I have patches that fix 6277/6278 that are in the pipeline.
>>>>
>>> oh, s0rry for the mistake...that'd be great if we can get the patch as
>>> quickly as possible. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>> Really!? Honestly!? "as quickly as possible"
>>
> What else could I say? A POC already released and a bunch of
> customer's machines are waiting...even the only mitigation is in
> GCC-lvl, which compile bash with ASLR/NX/PIE/CANARY.....too bad this
> time.

The real mitigation is to install bash43-027 or vendor or previous
version equivalent.

Chet
-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
		 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU    chet@...e.edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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