[mythtv-users] Shellshock discussion

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Mike,

Friday, September 26, 2014, 6:14:11 PM, you wrote:

> On 26/09/14 16:24, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 9/26/2014 11:02 AM, Matt Emmott wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com
>>> <mailto:raymond at wagnerrp.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     On 9/25/2014 11:13 PM, Another Sillyname wrote:
>>>
>>>         I don't know if people have read about the Shellshock
>>>         vulnerability recently discovered.
>>>
>>>         Anyone with an Internet exposed mythtv server would be well
>>>         advised to do research on it ASAP.
>>>
>>>
>>>     If your backend is exposed to the internet, an attacker doesn't
>>>     need to use Bash to run anything they want on your system.
>>>     _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> What about MythWeb?
>>>
>>
>> If Mythweb is on the internet, same thing.
>>
> The reports I've been reading today also make the point that routers could be
> vulnerable, depending on what OS they run and how things are implemented. It is
> a fault in the way cgi is implemented, not just bash, and the problem isn't
> restricted to port 80.

But if your router/firewall runs sh and doesn't forward any ports (it
handels vpn itself), does the bug apply for the machines behind it?


Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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