CentOS Update for bash CESA-2014:1293 centos6
🗓️ 25 Sep 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882028");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-09-25 05:58:33 +0200 (Thu, 25 Sep 2014)");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6271");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-01 21:38:00 +0000 (Mon, 01 Feb 2021)");
script_name("CentOS Update for bash CESA-2014:1293 centos6");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a
shell and command language interpreter compatible with the Bourne shell (sh).
Bash is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
A flaw was found in the way Bash evaluated certain specially crafted
environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or
bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Certain
services and applications allow remote unauthenticated attackers to
provide environment variables, allowing them to exploit this issue.
(CVE-2014-6271)
For additional information on the CVE-2014-6271 flaw, refer to the
Knowledgebase article linked at the references.
Red Hat would like to thank Stephane Chazelas for reporting this issue.
All bash users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"bash on CentOS 6");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2014:1293");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-September/020585.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'bash'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bash", rpm:"bash~4.1.2~15.el6_5.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bash-doc", rpm:"bash-doc~4.1.2~15.el6_5.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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