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Message-ID: <54246A74.7040807@case.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:18:12 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@...e.edu>
To: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: chet.ramey@...e.edu
Subject: Re: CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through bash
On 9/25/14, 12:15 PM, Solar Designer wrote:
> What do you think of distros' going with Florian's prefix-suffix patch
> right now? I think it breaks function imports/exports between
> pre-patch and post-patch bash versions, but keeps them intact for
> patched versions. Right? If so, this sounds acceptable for immediate
> use by distros. Do you agree?
I haven't looked at that particular patch in detail yet, but I am wondering
why adding both a prefix and a suffix is better than just adding a prefix.
Chet
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