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CVE-2014-6271 — GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2014-6271

CVE-2014-6271: GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project GNU
Product Bourne-Again Shell (Bash)
Date added 2022-01-28
Due date 2022-07-28
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6271

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6271
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog