CVE-2014-6271 — GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA KEV listed Added January 28, 2022 Remediate by July 28, 2022

Description

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6271

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