I take special pleasure in answering my own questions. IBM sent a notification today that the 3584 does not have the bash vulnerability.
1. TS3500 Tape Library (3584) - TITLE: TS3500 is not affected by the Bash vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277, and CVE-2014-6278) Flash (Alert) - URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004886&myns=s034&mynp=OCSTCMML8&mync=E - ABSTRACT: TS3500 is not vulnerable to the Bash vulnerabilities that have been referred to as "Bash Bug" or "Shellshock" and the two memory corruption vulnerabilities. best wishes, Keith Arbogast Indiana University