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Old 25th September 2014
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From the NYTimes Technology page.

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A newly discovered bug in the world’s widely used Linux and Unix operating systems could allow hackers to take control of hundreds of millions of machines around the world, according to security experts.

The bug, named Shellshock, is similar to the Heartbleed bug that generated widespread fear last spring because it would allow anyone with knowledge of the vulnerability to exploit a large number of computer servers. The flaw was discovered in Bash, short for Bourne-Again Shell, a command prompt in Unix. Unix is commonly used in corporate computer networks and is the basis of other operating systems, like Linux and Apple’s Macintosh operating system.
What is in your shell?
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Old 11th October 2014
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Using csh, sh or ksh as your login shell, doesn't really protect you from anything if you have vulnerable bash installed and are running services which depend on it, installed from ports.
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