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This bug was fixed in the package bash - 4.3-9ubuntu3

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bash (4.3-9ubuntu3) utopic; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271 (LP: #1373781)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2014-7169.diff: fix logic in parse.y and y.tab.c.
    - CVE-2014-7169
 -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxx>   Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:43:10 -0400

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu Utopic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2014-6271

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Title:
  bash incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271

Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “bash” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in “bash” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “bash” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “bash” source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The fixes for CVE-2014-6271 do NOT work! Security vuln, but should be
  public, this is known already.

  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: bash 4.3-7ubuntu1.1
  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: bash 4.2-2ubuntu2.2
  Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: bash 4.1-2ubuntu3.1

  Testcase:
  rm -f echo && env -i  X='() { (a)=>\' bash -c 'echo id'; cat echo

  expected output:
  bash: X: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `='
  bash: X: line 1: `'
  bash: error importing function definition for `X'
  id

  actual output:
  bash: X: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `='
  bash: X: line 1: `'
  bash: error importing function definition for `X'
  uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

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