This is a very important announcement from FSF [Free Software Foundation]. I would like to share with you, readers, about the unnoticed vulnerability inside Bash [Bourne Again SHell]. Let’s have a look at FSF’s statement on this particular issue.

“A major security vulnerability has been discovered in the free software shell GNU Bash. The most serious issues have already been fixed, and a complete fix is well underway. GNU/Linux distributions are working quickly to release updated packages for their users. All Bash users should upgrade immediately, and audit the list of remote network services running on their systems.”

The vulnerability affects from version 1.14 through 4.3 of GNU Bash. This particular issue is named as Bash Bug.

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