Author Topic: shellshock bug and bash**security update**  (Read 2953 times)

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shellshock bug and bash**security update**
« on: September 30, 2014, 01:49:06 AM »
If you are not checking or keeping your system current and patched with updates, I strongly suggest you do so.

The likelihood that your workstation will be used for some sort of direct attack especially if you are behind a firewall and practice safe computing is pretty unlikely, but its better to be safe than sorry.

Please update your system using your preferred method. If you are using wattOS as a server, then you really need to update (as all Linux servers need to). Below is a great link that outlines all this and gives you some good information for testing and whats going on about this bug.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-server-against-the-shellshock-bash-vulnerability

Additionally if you use various technologies and or are responsible for them, I have posted an update on my personal blog also you can review here..

http://cpufu.com/shellshock-and-some-information/