Shellshock: how does it actually work?

[Tom H]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
> On 09/25/2014 11:50 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
>>
>> http://fedoramagazine.org/shellshock-how-does-it-actually-work/
>>
>> My attempt to explain this in some satisfying detail, but also in an
>> understandable way. Let me know how that went. :)
>
> Your test doesn't work on pclos kde 32:
>
> [root at linux1 doug]# env x='() { :;}; echo OOPS' bash -c :
> bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition attempt
> bash: error importing function definition for `x'

It means that pclos has patched bash; not that it's of any relevance
to this list...