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Re: CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through bash


From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey () case edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:11:19 -0400

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On 9/24/14, 3:39 PM, Pierre Schweitzer wrote:

Hi,

Naive question regarding statement below. Does that mean that exec*()
system calls are concerned as well (like for instance called from a fork())?

No; they do not invoke a shell.

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