CVE-2014-7169: GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor

GNU

Product

Bourne-Again Shell (Bash)

Added to the catalog

2022-01-28

Due date for US federal agencies

2022-07-28

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Catalog version

2026.10.30

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code. This CVE correctly remediates the vulnerability in CVE-2014-6271.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7169

Read on 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z under licence cisa-kev-cc0@b0067899 from https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2014-09-25T01:55:04.367

Last modified

2026-06-17T00:14:28.143

Weaknesses

CWE-78

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271.

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0393.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html (Broken Link)
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55667175/index.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000126 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2014/09/quick-notes-about-bash-bug-its-impact.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1306.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3075.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3077.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3078.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00038.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00041.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00042.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00044.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00048.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00004.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00023.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00025.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141216207813411&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141216668515282&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141235957116749&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141319209015420&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141330425327438&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141330468527613&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141345648114150&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383026420882&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383081521087&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383138121313&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383196021590&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383244821813&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383304022067&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383353622268&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383465822787&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141450491804793&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576728022234&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577137423233&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577241923505&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577297623641&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141585637922673&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141694386919794&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141879528318582&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142113462216480&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142118135300698&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358026505815&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358078406056&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721162228379&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142805027510172&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0010.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128567/CA-Technologies-GNU-Bash-Shellshock.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1306.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1311.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1312.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1354.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/0 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58200 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59272 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59737 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59907 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60024 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60034 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60044 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60055 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60063 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60193 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60325 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60433 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60947 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61065 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61128 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61129 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61188 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61283 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61287 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61291 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61312 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61313 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61328 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61442 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61471 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61479 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61485 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61503 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61550 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61552 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61565 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61603 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61618 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61619 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61622 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61626 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61633 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61641 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61643 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61654 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61676 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61700 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61703 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61711 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61715 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61780 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61816 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61855 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61857 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61873 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62228 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62312 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62343 (Broken Link)
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6495 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140926-bash (Third Party Advisory)
• http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/514887394294652929 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021272 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021279 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021361 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004879 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004897 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004898 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004915 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685541 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685733 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685749 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685914 (Broken Link)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686084 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686131 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686246 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686445 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686447 (Broken Link)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686479 (Broken Link)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686494 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687079 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096315 (Broken Link)
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3035 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/252743 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:164 (Broken Link)
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015701 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015721 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/32 (Mailing List)
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bashcve-2014-7169-2317675.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.qnap.com/i/en/support/con_show.php?cid=61 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533593/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2363-1 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2363-2 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-268A (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0010.html (Third Party Advisory)
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://access.redhat.com/node/1200223 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes (Broken Link)
• https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA82 (Broken Link)
• https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10648 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10085 (Broken Link)
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200217 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200223 (Permissions Required)
• https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15629.html (Third Party Advisory)
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04497075 (Broken Link)
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04518183 (Broken Link)
• https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk102673&src=securityAlerts (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1008-security-advisory-0006 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34879/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.suse.com/support/shellshock/ (Third Party Advisory)
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0393.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html (Broken Link)
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55667175/index.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000126 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2014/09/quick-notes-about-bash-bug-its-impact.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1306.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3075.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3077.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3078.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00038.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00041.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00042.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00044.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00048.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00004.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00023.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00025.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141216207813411&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141216668515282&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141235957116749&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141319209015420&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141330425327438&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141330468527613&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141345648114150&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383026420882&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383081521087&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383138121313&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383196021590&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383244821813&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383304022067&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383353622268&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383465822787&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141450491804793&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576728022234&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577137423233&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577241923505&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577297623641&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141585637922673&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141694386919794&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141879528318582&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142113462216480&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142118135300698&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358026505815&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358078406056&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721162228379&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142805027510172&w=2 (Mailing List)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0010.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128567/CA-Technologies-GNU-Bash-Shellshock.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1306.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1311.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1312.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1354.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/0 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58200 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59272 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59737 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59907 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60024 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60034 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60044 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60055 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60063 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60193 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60325 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60433 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60947 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61065 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61128 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61129 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61188 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61283 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61287 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61291 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61312 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61313 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61328 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61442 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61471 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61479 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61485 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61503 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61550 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61552 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61565 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61603 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61618 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61619 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61622 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61626 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61633 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61641 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61643 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61654 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61676 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61700 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61703 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61711 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61715 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61780 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61816 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61855 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61857 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61873 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62228 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62312 (Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62343 (Broken Link)
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6495 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140926-bash (Third Party Advisory)
• http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/514887394294652929 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021272 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021279 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021361 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004879 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004897 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004898 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004915 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685541 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685733 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685749 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685914 (Broken Link)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686084 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686131 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686246 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686445 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686447 (Broken Link)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686479 (Broken Link)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686494 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687079 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096315 (Broken Link)
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3035 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/252743 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:164 (Broken Link)
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015701 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015721 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/32 (Mailing List)
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bashcve-2014-7169-2317675.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.qnap.com/i/en/support/con_show.php?cid=61 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533593/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2363-1 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2363-2 (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-268A (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0010.html (Third Party Advisory)
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://access.redhat.com/node/1200223 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes (Broken Link)
• https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA82 (Broken Link)
• https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10648 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10085 (Broken Link)
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200217 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200223 (Permissions Required)
• https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15629.html (Third Party Advisory)
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04497075 (Broken Link)
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04518183 (Broken Link)
• https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk102673&src=securityAlerts (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1008-security-advisory-0006 (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34879/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.suse.com/support/shellshock/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-7169 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2014-09-25T01:00:00.000Z

Updated

2025-10-22T00:05:36.027Z

Problem types

n/a

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0010.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004897
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685749
• [oss-security] 20140924 Re: CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through bash
• HPSBMU03165
• HPSBHF03119
• https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk102673&src=securityAlerts
• HPSBST03131
• SSRT101819
• 20141001 NEW VMSA-2014-0010 - VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities
• HPSBMU03245
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1229
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686084
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686479
• 61188
• JVN#55667175
• 61676
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1254
• 60433
• HPSBMU03143
• HPSBMU03182
• RHSA-2014:1306
• HPSBST03155
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685541
• 61715
• USN-2363-2
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bashcve-2014-7169-2317675.html
• 61816
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1310
• 61442
• HPSBMU03246
• HPSBST03195
• 61283
• SSRT101711
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10085
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1308
• 61654
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015701
• http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5096315
• 62312
• 59272
• HPSBST03122
• https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15629.html
• HPSBMU03217
• RHSA-2014:1312
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604
• USN-2363-1
• SSRT101868
• 61703
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6495
• VU#252743
• 61065
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3075.html
• HPSBST03129
• HPSBMU03144
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686445
• http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686131
• JVNDB-2014-000126
• SSRT101827
• TA14-268A
• 61641
• SUSE-SU-2014:1247
• https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10648
• https://access.redhat.com/node/1200223
• SUSE-SU-2014:1287
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004898
• APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685914
• 20141001 FW: NEW VMSA-2014-0010 - VMware product updates address critical Bash security vulnerabilities
• MDVSA-2015:164
• 61619
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3078.html
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04497075
• HPSBMU03220
• 60325
• https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes
• 60024
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128567/CA-Technologies-GNU-Bash-Shellshock.html
• 34879
• 61622
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223
• 62343
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0393.html
• 61565
• https://www.suse.com/support/shellshock/
• HPSBST03157
• 61313
• SSRT101742
• 61873
• 61485
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1242
• 61618
• 60947
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04518183
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535
• HPSBST03154
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021272
• HPSBGN03142
• 61312
• 60193
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0010.html
• 61479
• 60063
• 60034
• HPSBMU03133
• http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2014/09/quick-notes-about-bash-bug-its-impact.html
• 59907
• 58200
• HPSBST03181
• 61643
• http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/514887394294652929
• http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015721
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687079
• 61503
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686246
• RHSA-2014:1354
• HPSBGN03117
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004915
• HPSBHF03145
• http://www.qnap.com/i/en/support/con_show.php?cid=61
• HPSBST03148
• 61552
• 61780
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021279
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200223
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3077.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686447
• 62228
• HPSBGN03138
• 61855
• HPSBHF03124
• 60044
• 61291
• HPSBHF03125
• 59737
• 61287
• HPSBHF03146
• HPSBGN03233
• SSRT101739
• 61711
• HPSBOV03228
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021361
• HPSBGN03141
• RHSA-2014:1311
• 61128
• DSA-3035
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200217
• 61471
• 60055
• 20140926 GNU Bash Environmental Variable Command Injection Vulnerability
• 61550
• 61633
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686494
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1306.html
• https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA82
• SUSE-SU-2014:1259
• 61328
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685733
• 61129
• 61700
• 61626
• 61603
• 61857
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004879
• https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1008-security-advisory-0006

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