Is it fumble fingers or bad auto correct? I actually "shut" down the debian 
server. 

Bruce

On Sep 25, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Bruce W. Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am a bit confused about this bug. What is the vector to exploit this? If I 
> turn off the web server daemon is the only vector then from those who can log 
> in with appropriate credentials? I have an old RHEL server that no longer 
> gets updates and a debian server that suddenly apt-get does not seem to work. 
> I have shit down the debian server and turned off the web server daemon on 
> the old RHEL box. Does that make it safe as long as no miscreant can log in 
> via ssh (no telnet daemon in decades)? The press seems all sensational and 
> says this is worse than Heartbleed but beyond that there is not much 
> substance in what I have found so far. I have updated all of my RHEL/CentOS 5 
> & 6 boxes and run the test and it says I am clean, for now. For my MacOS I 
> guess I have to wait for Apple. Can I tell my Mac users to turn off the web 
> server and wait for the patch from Apple. Not that I think any of my mac 
> users have turned on the web server but it is the only thing that I have seen 
> as a vector short of a login.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> On Sep 25, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Tim O'Guin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> How it can be exploited:
>> 
>> http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/68122/what-is-a-specific-example-of-how-the-shellshock-bash-bug-could-be-exploited/68130#68130
>> 
>> Patched all our systems yesterday in a few seconds with Config Management 
>> Tool of Choice (TM).
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Holland Griffis <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> Meh, already patched.
>> 
>> On Sep 25, 2014 9:14 AM, "Howard White" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Customer sent me email asking about ShellShock/bash bug vulnerability. rut 
>> roh!
>> 
>> The first post I see says Fedora/Red Hat put up fixes.
>> 
>> So much for not updating systems for years and years...
>> 
>> Howard
>> 
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