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Message-ID: <54232567.1000704@case.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:11:19 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@...e.edu>
To: Pierre Schweitzer <pierre@...ctos.org>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: chet.ramey@...e.edu
Subject: Re: CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through bash

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On 9/24/14, 3:39 PM, Pierre Schweitzer wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Naive question regarding statement below. Does that mean that exec*()
> system calls are concerned as well (like for instance called from a fork())?

No; they do not invoke a shell.

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