Bash Vulnerability Shellshock (CVE-2014-7169)

Publish date: November 25, 2014

Severity: CRITICAL

CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-7169

Advisory Date: SEP 25, 2014

DESCRIPTION

This vulnerability, which is found existing in certain versions of GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) can allow an attacker to execute commands on an affected system. It allows for remote code execution on servers that run these Linux distributions. Bash is used by most Unix and Linux systems, as well as OS X. This vulnerability was reportedly being exploited in the wild already. Trend Micro spotted samples, which are actual payload of the said exploit code.

All versions of Bash up to and including version 4.3 are vulnerable.

SOLUTION

Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1006256

Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1006256 - GNU Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

OTHER INFORMATION

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About the Shellshock Vulnerability: The Basics of the "Bash Bug"

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