> On Sep 29, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Stephen Satchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 09/29/2014 05:23 AM, Leif Nixon wrote: >> Please guys, >> >> If everybody could patch their perfsonar boxen against shellshock LIKE >> RIGHT NOW, or preferably LAST WEEK, or alternatively put the machines >> out of their misery with a shotgun, that would be great. >> >> Thank you, >> > >> From the perfSonar site: > > "perfSONAR is recommending that all users run yum update to download the > latest packages from the CentOS repositories" > > This will need to be done again in a couple of weeks, when a "better" > patch becomes available from the FSF or wherever. > > By the way, the history of the development of bash is mildly > interesting. http://www.wired.com/2014/09/shellshocked-bash/
Proper operation of a host requires automated updating (yum-updatesd, yum-cron) to pick up these packages. Those who are paranoid or afraid of damage from automatic updates should exclude packages that require specific versions. - Jared
