Bug in bash <= 4.3 [security feature bypassed]

Hector Marco <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.oss.general,gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure,gmane.comp.security.bugtraq,gmane.comp.security.news.securitytracker
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi everyone,

Recently we discovered a bug in bash. After some time after reporting
it to bash developers, it has not been fixed.

We think that this is a security issue because in some circumstances
the bash security feature could be bypassed allowing the bash to be a
valid target shell in an attack.

We strongly recommend to patch your bash code.

Why don't fix this bug by simple adding mandatory "if" clause ?
Any comments about this issue are welcomed.


Details at:
http://hmarco.org/bugs/bash_4.3-setuid-bug.html



Thanks you,

Hector Marco
http://hmarco.org
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