The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> writes: > On 09/26/2014 at 11:56 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> After an `aptitude full-upgrade' this morning. I still get the >> `VULNERABLE' answer to `x='() { :;}; echo VULNERABLE' bash -c :' >> >> I hope that is the correct string... (extracted while googling on >> vulnerability) > > I've seen a few different ones, and that isn't any of them, but it seems > to work just as well as the "canonical" one which I've seen demonstrate > the vulnerability in the past.
[...] Thanks for that input. > >> I did ssh to my user from the same shell I ran aptitude in to make >> sure I had a new login... but I still see `Vulnerable' in answer >> to the string above. > > With what version of bash? > I just upgraded to 4.3-9.1, from current testing, which includes the > existing partial fix (a more complete one is apparently now in sid). I > retested with the same test command you listed, as well as with what I'd > seen the failyure on before, and it now shows as non-vulnerable. [...] I appear to have left out the fact that I'm talking about `jessie'. Sorry, a foolish slip... I usually do include that info. I may be a simpleton but I assumed anyone freshly `full-upgraded' with jessie would have the same version. Apparently not... here, after a full-upgrade of jessie about 2 hrs ago at a litte before noon or so Eastern standard (US) time I see: bash --version GNU bash, version 4.3.24(1)-release (i586-pc-linux-gnu) x='() { :;}; echo VULNERABLE' bash -c : VULNERABLE But also I did read in the few threads that have come thru that either wheezy or jessie (very recently upgraded) should not return `VULNERABLE', That is not tru for me here. It appears your version of bash if a bit newer than mine... so I guess it has been updated withing a few hours. However, as I mentioned above from what I've read in our threads, a full-upgrade only 2 hrs old should not have a version of bash that returns VULNERABLE. > In practice, if your computer doesn't run any services (such as a Web or > SSH server) that can be accessed from a non-trusted IP address (such as > the outside Internet), you're probably safe. That pretty well describes me ... I run a ssh and web server on a home lan so no ssh or www requests from the internet are allowed. Just the nome network. ... As a matter of course I have `gone out of my way' as you say for yrs so maybe not too much threat here. Thanks for the input.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ioka2ots....@reader.local.lan