RHSA-2014:1306High

Red Hat Security Advisory: bash security update

Published
September 26, 2014
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2014-7169 →CVE-2014-7186 →CVE-2014-7187 →

📋 Description

CVE-2014-7169 — bash: code execution via specially-crafted environment (Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271) CVE-2014-7186 — bash: parser can allow out-of-bounds memory access while handling redir_stack CVE-2014-7187 — bash: off-by-one error in deeply nested flow control constructs

🎯 Affected products106

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • bash-0:3.2-33.el5_11.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • bash-0:4.1.2-15.el6_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • bash-0:4.1.2-15.el6_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • bash-0:4.1.2-15.el6_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • +76 more not shown

✅ 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)