CVE-2014-6271 bash issue on Linux

Bash allowed bypassing environment restrictions in certain environments. Ubuntu already updated bash package for LTS, so to fix bash issue simply run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bash Also updated bash available for Centos: sudo yum update bash Solution for CVE-2014-6271 on RedHat   P.S. This patch is not full http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-7169.html

bash special parameters

Character Definition $* Expands to the positional parameters, starting from one. When the expansion occurs within double quotes, it expands to a single word with the value of each parameter separated by the first character of the IFS special variable. $@ Expands to the positional parameters, starting from one. When the expansion occurs within double quotes, each […]