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Title: Two scenarios that can make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock Bash bug Post by: HCK on September 30, 2014, 03:00:19 am Two scenarios that can make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock Bash bug
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple’s OS X is vulnerable to the Shellshock bug, but it’s not that easy for attackers to take advantage of it, according to Intego, which specializes in security software for the operating system.</p><p>Shellshock is the nickname for a flaw in the Bourne Again Shell, or Bash, which is a command-line shell processor widely present in Unix and Linux systems. The flaw in Bash, which has been present for two decades, could allow an attacker to take complete control of a computer.</p><p>Apple, which plans to patch the flaw, said most users are fine unless they’ve tweaked advanced Unix settings (http://www.macworld.com/article/2687826/apple-says-most-mac-users-are-safe-from-shellshock-bash-bug-promises-quick-fix.html). By adjusting those settings, Bash could be exposed to attackers, wrote (http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/shellshock-vulnerability-what-mac-os-x-users-need-to-know/) Derek Erwin of Intego in a blog post. Intego has already seen proof-of-concept exploits for OS X, he wrote.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2688672/two-scenarios-that-would-make-os-x-vulnerable-to-the-shellshock-bug.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Two scenarios that can make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock Bash bug (http://www.macworld.com/article/2688672/two-scenarios-that-would-make-os-x-vulnerable-to-the-shellshock-bug.html#tk.rss_all) |