[mythtv-users] Shellshock discussion

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Gary,

Friday, September 26, 2014, 7:33:21 PM, you wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
>> But sh is not bash. So in other words, is sh vulnerable and can it
>> reach through a not affected/vulnerable firewall.

> sh is just the system shell.  On some platforms it is
> a binary, sometimes a symlink.  Invoking sh gets you
> bash sometimes, on some platforms.  On some
> platforms it is dash.  Others ash.  There is not *one*
> answer to the question in the general case.  However,
> it is not even always relevant as to what /bin/sh
> is.  Any script might have a #!/bin/bash at the top
> to force use of bash.
> _______________________________________________

I know in this case (fli4l) it's not bash but the most elementary
shell version. Isn't that the original sh or is that nowadays ash?
It aims at being small and basic aside from needed functionallity.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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