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  1. Bug #1373781
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Comment 17 for bug 1373781

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Simon Déziel (sdeziel) wrote : Re: [Bug 1373781] Re: bash incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271

On 09/26/2014 03:49 PM, Spyros wrote:
> 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?

Maybe you had a leftover file named "echo" in root's home? If yes,
remove it and retest.