[Cialug] Shellshock Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

[Ron Houk]

Aren't Debian based systems using dash instead of bash?
On Sep 28, 2014 12:43 PM, "kristau" <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bash will not be removed. It will be updated. If you want to remove bash
> (highly inadvisable, but it is your system), you will need to run the
> following as root:
>
>    apt-get remove bash
>
>
> Again, this is highly inadvisable as bash is the primary shell used by most
> distros.
>
> If you would, please advise what distro and version you are running. Also,
> you may include the output from 'bash --version'. It may be that you've
> already picked up the update. . .
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 28, 2014 12:30 PM, "kristau" <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah, I suppose my reply should have been less flippant and more
> helpful.
> > I
> > > recommend regularly running as root:
> > >
> > >   apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade
> >
> > Okay, I did that and it still hasn't removed Bash.
> >
> > --
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