Shellshock (software bug): Difference between revisions

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{{current event|date=September 2014}}
'''Shellshock''' is the name of a serious security vulnerability in [[Bash (Unix shell)|BASH]], a command interpreter used by many [[web server]]s running [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] and/or [[Secure Shell|SSH]]. Attackers may execute arbitrary commands on affected servers. The vulnerability, was publicly disclosed on 24 September 2014 by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of [[Red Hat]].<ref>{{Cite web
| author = Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
| title = Bash specially-crafted environment variables code injection attack