-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-5a54fb4784 2016-10-02 23:33:08.604321 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : bash Product : Fedora 24 Version : 4.3.42 Release : 7.fc24 URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/bash Summary : The GNU Bourne Again shell Description : The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Specially crafted SHELLOPTS and PS4 variables can cause arbitrary code execution. It is a security bug described in CVE-2016-7543 and this update fixes it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1379634 - CVE-2016-7543 bash: Specially crafted SHELLOPTS+PS4 variables allows command substitution [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379634 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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