You may wish to test if your version of bash is still unpatched. It's highly likely that you don't even need to cobble together a workaround to partially protect yourself. If your version of bash is patched, you don't have to do anything at all. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 4:22 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the links i've been reading for the last 4 hours. I am a very > slow reader but I believe that at least part of the 'patch' so far at least > on Mint 17 is: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 11 23:13 sh -> dash > > See above symlinked sh to dash now not bash. > > Thanks for responding and sending the links over. > > > >> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 02:20:23 -0600 >> From: chapinjeff at gmail.com >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Patch Bash ShellShock exploit with MKSH? > >> >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:44 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: >> > 1. Can I migrate to MKSH shell on my LinuxMint17 computer quite easily? >> http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/mksh >> >> Looks like it's in the Mint repos, so installing it is fairly easy. >> Since it is related to ksh, and not bash, there will be a little bit >> of a learning curve. >> >> >> > >> > 2. How necessary is this to be concerned about? >> >> >> Not at all. Shellshock has been patched on most major modern OSes >> since October. You can check if you are still on a vulnreble version >> of bash following the directions here: >> >> >> http://linuxg.net/canonical-has-patched-bash-agains-the-shellshock-exploit-update-your-ubuntu-14-04-or-ubuntu-12-04-system-now/ >> >> >> > >> > Your thoughts are appreciated. >> > Thank you, >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jeff Chapin >> President, CedarLug, retired >> President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" >> President, UNI Scuba Club >> Senator, NISG, retired >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired