Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2364-1
27th September, 2014
bash vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Bash.
Software description
- bash
– GNU Bourne Again SHell
Details
Florian Weimer and Todd Sabin discovered that the Bash parser incorrectly
handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain
environment restrictions and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-7186,
CVE-2014-7187)
In addition, this update introduces a hardening measure which adds prefixes
and suffixes around environment variable names which contain shell
functions.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
bash
4.3-7ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
bash
4.2-2ubuntu2.5
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
bash
4.1-2ubuntu3.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.