How to solve Shellshock on Debian and Ubuntu

Protect against Shellshock Shellshock is a serious software weakness, or vulnerability, in Bash. This shell is used on almost all Unix based systems, including Debian and Ubuntu. As it can be used without much effort and remotely exploit systems, it has a maximum vulnerability score according to CVSS. Upgrade Bash First update the software repository with apt-get, using the update parameter. apt-get update && apt-get install –only-upgrade bash Your system should now have a newer version of bash. You can […]

How to protect yourself against Shellshock Bash vulnerability

Shellshock vulnerability – Bash Bash is one of the most used shells on Unix based systems. The newly discovered “shellshock” vulnerability affects millions of systems. The weakness abuses an internal check when Bash gets a variable declaration. By defining this variable and putting more “stuff” (commands) in it, Bash will actually execute those commands as well. Unfortunately this results in several possible ways to exploit it by attackers. Websites One way this vulnerability scan be exploited, is by embedding it […]