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TM99

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7. Yeah, I fixed it myself as well, but

Reply to justiceischeap (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 01:45 PM

Sep 2014

the majority of Apple users can't and won't know how to do. Until they push a fix out through Apple Updates, millions of systems are going to vulnerable.

Additionally, to fix this manually by the user requires install XCode. That's a pretty big deal for most Apple users who are just not tech savvy.

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Worse Than Heartbleed? Meet ShellShock: A New Security Threat For OS X and Linux [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

For some Linux distributions this has already been patched. The test in RKP5637 Sep 2014 #1

my pleasure, I'm always happy to help my fellow DU'ers.... steve2470 Sep 2014 #2

Apple needs to get on the ball with this one. TM99 Sep 2014 #3

It took me about 5 minutes to fix the problem myself justiceischeap Sep 2014 #5

Yeah, I fixed it myself as well, but TM99 Sep 2014 #7

Thanks for this. Just updated bash. justiceischeap Sep 2014 #4

bump nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #6