eastof111
09-26-2014, 08:14 PM
After reading the PC World article, I thought I would check what would happen with the ATV image I am currently running, so.......
started putty and typed the following:
env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test"
to see if the system is vulnerable to the Bash bug, and I received the following display:
vulnerable
this is a test
9678
For the heck of it, will also check other images to see if they are vulnerable too.
From PC World magazine:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
How to keep your computer safe from the Shellshock bug
Nothing drastic, if youre an average computer user. If your computer is tucked safely behind a firewallas it should bethe impact on you should be minimal, since attackers wont have any way to execute malicious code through the Bash shell on your system unless they trick you into running the command locally somehow. Shellshock is more dangerous for web servers and devices that "listen" for Internet commands than home PCs.
started putty and typed the following:
env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test"
to see if the system is vulnerable to the Bash bug, and I received the following display:
vulnerable
this is a test
9678
For the heck of it, will also check other images to see if they are vulnerable too.
From PC World magazine:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
How to keep your computer safe from the Shellshock bug
Nothing drastic, if youre an average computer user. If your computer is tucked safely behind a firewallas it should bethe impact on you should be minimal, since attackers wont have any way to execute malicious code through the Bash shell on your system unless they trick you into running the command locally somehow. Shellshock is more dangerous for web servers and devices that "listen" for Internet commands than home PCs.