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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:08:46 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@...e.edu>
To: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: chet.ramey@...e.edu
Subject: Re: CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through bash

On 9/24/14, 11:16 AM, Solar Designer wrote:

> I see no good workaround. 

You're correct; there is not a good workaround.  Since there are publicly
available patches for all bash versions back 15 years or so, though, the
best path forward is to apply those as quickly as possible.

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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