Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions

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Article from Issue 169/2014
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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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