Comment 15 for bug 1373781

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Spyros (spyros-q) wrote :

Some additional feedback from 14.04 (using latest 4.3-7ubuntu1.3):

spyros@prod01:~# env -i X='() { (a)=>\' bash -c 'echo date'
bash: X: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `='
bash: X: line 1: `'
bash: error importing function definition for `X'
date

spyros@prod01:~# env X='() { (a)=>\' bash -c "echo date"; cat echo
bash: X: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `='
bash: X: line 1: `'
bash: error importing function definition for `X'
Fri Sep 26 12:13:33 PDT 2014

I apologize if this is a stupid question, but why is it that the second case still works?
Doesn't this mean that the system is still vulnerable to CVE-2014-7169?