ZDuncan
Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:11:14 pm
Sorry, dull question from someone dull about code.
I've updated to Zorin 9 with GNU bash, version 4.3.11(1)
The command "apt-cache policy bash" returns: Installed: 4.3-7ubuntu1.4
As far as I can tell these are the latest updates available.
I pasted the following line of code from a website (I found several sites with similar code), to ascertain whether my newly updated system is still vulnerable or not. In response, my computer churned out the following, some of which alarmed me as it implied someone else ('Oliver') was executing commands.
As you can tell, I know jack about code, so if any of you geniuses could cast your eye over the following and let me know whether I have anything to be concerned about, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
mycomputername:~$ $ env 'x=() { :;}; echo this system is vulnerable' 'BASH_FUNC_x()=() { :;}; echo this system is vulnerable' bash -c "echo testing only"
$: command not found
mycomputername:~$
duncanleigh@duncanleigh-OptiPlex-GX520:~$ Oliver Krautscheid
Oliver: command not found
mycomputername:~$
mycomputername:~$ Oliver is the founder of webmaster.net and wants to help other webmasters to grow and monetize their sites. He started his first real site in 2006 and eventually turned his hobby into a six-figure business, specializing in SEO and Site Optimization.
I've updated to Zorin 9 with GNU bash, version 4.3.11(1)
The command "apt-cache policy bash" returns: Installed: 4.3-7ubuntu1.4
As far as I can tell these are the latest updates available.
I pasted the following line of code from a website (I found several sites with similar code), to ascertain whether my newly updated system is still vulnerable or not. In response, my computer churned out the following, some of which alarmed me as it implied someone else ('Oliver') was executing commands.
As you can tell, I know jack about code, so if any of you geniuses could cast your eye over the following and let me know whether I have anything to be concerned about, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
mycomputername:~$ $ env 'x=() { :;}; echo this system is vulnerable' 'BASH_FUNC_x()=() { :;}; echo this system is vulnerable' bash -c "echo testing only"
$: command not found
mycomputername:~$
duncanleigh@duncanleigh-OptiPlex-GX520:~$ Oliver Krautscheid
Oliver: command not found
mycomputername:~$
mycomputername:~$ Oliver is the founder of webmaster.net and wants to help other webmasters to grow and monetize their sites. He started his first real site in 2006 and eventually turned his hobby into a six-figure business, specializing in SEO and Site Optimization.
