RHSA-2014:1294Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: bash security update

Published
September 24, 2014
Last Modified
November 2, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2014-6271 →

📋 Description

CVE-2014-6271 — bash: specially-crafted environment variables can be used to inject shell commands

🎯 Affected products70

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.4)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.0-27.el4.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bash-0:3.2-24.el5_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-24.el5_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-24.el5_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-24.el5_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-32.el5_9.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-32.el5_9.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-32.el5_9.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-32.el5_9.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-32.el5_9.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-32.el5_9.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server)
  • bash-0:4.1.2-15.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • bash-0:4.1.2-15.el6_4.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
  • bash-0:4.1.2-15.el6_4.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)