Re:Shellshock in the Wild
by nknighthb on Monday September 29, 2014 @11:44AM
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There's a great thing about that list. It gets cut in about half if you trim out the things that either wouldn't or shouldn't be running on most servers (e.g. x32, specific hardware drivers, ALSA(!)), which ties in nicely with the whole using-bash-as-/bin/sh thing.
The most important thing you can do for security is to decrease your attack surface, and one of the most effective ways to do that is to not run shit you don't need. Code that isn't there can't be exploited.
The most important thing you can do for security is to decrease your attack surface, and one of the most effective ways to do that is to not run shit you don't need. Code that isn't there can't be exploited.