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Article from Issue 169/2014
Answers to your Linux questions.
Shellshock
What about the Shellshock bug? Do I need to update Bash immediately? How can I know if my computer is vulnerable to a remote attack?
Because most distros have an easy-to-use packaging and update system, you should definitely update bash
. The commands in Debian-based distros would be
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bash
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