MGASA-2014-0394

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    MGASA-2014-0394

    Published: 1 Oct 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated bash packages fix multiple security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated bash packages fix security vulnerabilities: Bash has been updated to version 4.2 patch level 50, which further mitigates ShellShock-type vulnerabilities. Two such issues have already been discovered (CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278). See the RedHat article on the backward-incompatible changes introduced by the latest patch, caused by adding prefixes and suffixes to the variable names used for exporting functions. Note that the RedHat article mentions these variable names will have parentheses "()" at the end of their names, however, the latest upstream patch uses two percent signs "%%" at the end instead. Two other unrelated security issues in the parser have also been fixed in this update (CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0394.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14193, https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1306.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-6277, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-6278

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bash

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/bash?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2-50.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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