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| * [[https://www.google.com/search?q=shellshock+bash&tbs=qdr:d|A search of Google News for 'Shellshock']] | * [[https://www.google.com/webhp?tbs=qdr:d#q=shellshock+bash&tbs=qdr:d&tbm=nws|Search Google News for 'Shellshock bash', limited to the last 24 hours]] * [[https://www.google.com/webhp?tbm=nws#q=CVE-2014-6271&tbm=nws|Search Google News for 'CVE-2014-6271' (no need to limit time range)]] |
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| * [[http://www.troyhunt.com/2014/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html|A report by Troy Hunt]] * [[http://blog.xeonbd.com/2014/09/every-mac-vulnerable-shellshock-bash-exploit-heres-patch-os-x/|Patch instructions for OSX]] * [[http://www.zdnet.com/unixlinux-bash-critical-security-hole-uncovered-7000034021/|Early ZDNet report on Shellshock]] |
* [[https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-268A|Official US-CERT page on CVE-2014-6271]] * [[http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-6271|NIST page on CVE-2014-6271]] * [[https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223|RedHat's "knowledge base" article]] * [[https://www.youtube.com/v/aKShnpOXqn0&autoplay=0|4-minute introductory video for non-programmers]] * [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8361574|Conversation thread on Y-Combinator]] * [[http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2hc1w3/cve20146271_remote_code_execution_through_bash/|Conversation thread on Reddit]] * [[http://blog.xeonbd.com/2014/09/every-mac-vulnerable-shellshock-bash-exploit-heres-patch-os-x/|Patch instructions for OSX]] * [[http://www.troyhunt.com/2014/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html|"Everything you need to know about the Shellshock Bash bug", by Troy Hunt]] * [[http://www.zdnet.com/unixlinux-bash-critical-security-hole-uncovered-7000034021/|Early report by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet]] |
What is the Shellshock vulnerability in Bash?
As of this writing (September 25th, 2014), the situation with Shellshock is changing so rapidly that you're probably better off using your preferred search engine instead of this FAQ. For example, you could search a news site for recent items which contain the words "Shellshock" and/or "CVE-2014-6271".
After things stabilize a bit, this FAQ page should be updated with a handy summary. In the meantime, here are a few links that should help you get started:
Search Google News for 'Shellshock bash', limited to the last 24 hours
Search Google News for 'CVE-2014-6271' (no need to limit time range)
"Everything you need to know about the Shellshock Bash bug", by Troy Hunt