Re: BASH update for Debian 6?

On 26/09/14 17:38, Chris Barnes wrote:
> thanks for the tip Mark,
>
> I had considered trying to install the BASH update for Wheezy on my Squeeze
> machines but the thought of getting the dependencies met seemed daunting.
>
> I tried your commands but as suspected, ran into dependency issues -
> Multiarch-support needs libc6 >= 2.13-5, updating libc6 requires a newer
> locales, and on it goes.
>
> The default shell on my systems is /bin/dash and /etc/passwd shows all
> accounts except mine and root have /bin/sh (dash) as their shell. So it
> might just be easier to change the shell for my account and roots account,
> and then uninstall BASH.

I thought about doing this too, but what if scripts have

#!/bin/bash

Probably they shouldn't, but that doesn't mean they don't.


>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Mark Anthony Delfin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> For some of my debian 6 test boxes I did
>>
>> wget
>> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/e/eglibc/multiarch-support_2.13-38+deb7u4_amd64.deb
>> wget
>> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo5_5.9-10_amd64.deb
>> wget
>> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/b/bash/bash_4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3_amd64.deb
>> dpkg -i multiarch-support_2.13-38+deb7u4_amd64.deb
>> dpkg -i libtinfo5_5.9-10_amd64.deb
>> dpkg -i bash_4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3_amd64.deb
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Chris Barnes <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm keen to hear your idea Amos.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Amos Shapira <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> General question to everyone reading this - I have an idea for a service
>>>> to provide tracking of such info (end of life, software life cycle)
>>>> automatically.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone is curios to hear more, discuss or anything else, I'd be very
>>>> happy to hear from you.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> --Amos
>>>>
>>>> On 26 September 2014 10:28, Chris Barnes <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> ahh thats the info i was looking for. Thanks Amos. You're right,
>>> upgrade
>>>>> is overdue.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Amos Shapira <[email protected]
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> According to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSqueeze, regular security
>>>>>> updates for squeeze were ended on May 31st 2014.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "LTS security updates" are supposed to be released until 2016. LTS
>>>>>> support is NOT provided by Debian security team. See the LTS
>>> announcement
>>>>>> in https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My take - upgrade is overdue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Amos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26 September 2014 08:56, Chris Barnes <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey people,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I haven't seen an update for BASH come down in the Debian Squeeze
>>>>>>> security
>>>>>>> updates. As a result my machines are still vulnerable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My Debian 7 machines received the update promptly just not my 6
>>>>>>> machines.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anyone else received an update for BASH on Deb 6?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Im using the security.Debian.org apt source for security updates.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christopher Barnes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> e. [email protected]
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Christopher Barnes
>>>>>
>>>>> e. [email protected]
>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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