Huge Bash Security Hole Found

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/bug-in-bash-shell-creates-big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/

nadnerB

Well, that's going to cause a few headaches.

scottalanmiller

That pretty much sucks. I suspect that we will have patches already available for nearly any enterprise OS. That should be a quick and easy one to patch.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller patches available != patches applied

That is always the problem with this.

MattKing

I like the fine print at the top: "Mac OS X Mavericks is also a *nix, and also vulnerable to the Bash bug."

nadnerB

@MattKing said:

I like the fine print at the top: "Mac OS X Mavericks is also a *nix, and also vulnerable to the Bash bug."

lol, Mac.

nadnerB

I wonder if the discovery of this has anything to do with the bank robbers (the mainstream media called them hackers) that were finally caught after 12 years of stealth operation.

MattKing

@nadnerB said:

I wonder if the discovery of this has anything to do with the bank robbers (the mainstream media called them hackers) that were finally caught after 12 years of stealth operation.

Good call, my gears are a'turnin' now.