[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: bash-4.2.47-4.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-11360
2014-09-25 09:23:42
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Name        : bash
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 4.2.47
Release     : 4.fc20
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.

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Update Information:

Disclosure - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/10

Behaviour prior to patch:

$ env x='() { :;}; echo OOPS' bash -c /usr/sbin/nologin
OOPS
This account is currently not available.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Sep 24 2014 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala at redhat.com - 4.2.47-4
- Inhibit code injection - patch by Stephane Chazelas
* Mon Jul 21 2014 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala at redhat.com - 4.2.47-3
- Mention ulimit -c and -f block size in POSIX mode
* Tue Apr 15 2014 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala at redhat.com - 4.2.47-2
- Proper patchlevel 47
* Tue Apr 15 2014 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala at redhat.com - 4.2.47-1
- Patchlevel 47
* Tue Apr  1 2014 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala at redhat.com - 4.2.46-1
- Patchlevel 46
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