Re:CVE-2014-6271: Remote code execution through bash
by stouset on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @03:27PM
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No, that is not what tptacek is saying.
Unauthenticated GET requests were just an example of something that can invoke this behavior. If you have any network-enabled service that's capable of spawning a shell, you can have attack vectors open.
Possible vectors include things like DHCP clients, SSH, web servers, etc. Lots of things open shells for reasons you wouldn't intuitively expect. It's very likely that there are many creative vectors for exploitation that will be discovered in the coming hours.
Unauthenticated GET requests were just an example of something that can invoke this behavior. If you have any network-enabled service that's capable of spawning a shell, you can have attack vectors open.
Possible vectors include things like DHCP clients, SSH, web servers, etc. Lots of things open shells for reasons you wouldn't intuitively expect. It's very likely that there are many creative vectors for exploitation that will be discovered in the coming hours.