Re: Perfsonar and shellshock

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

> On Sep 29, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net> 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