{"id":"USN-2380-1","summary":"bash vulnerabilities","details":"Michal Zalewski discovered that Bash incorrectly handled parsing certain\nfunction definitions. If an attacker were able to create an environment\nvariable containing a function definition with a very specific name, these\nissues could possibly be used to bypass certain environment restrictions\nand execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278)\n\nPlease note that the previous Bash security update, USN-2364-1, includes\na hardening measure that prevents these issues from being used in a\nShellshock attack.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:50Z","published":"2014-10-09T12:48:15Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6277","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6278"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-6277","CVE-2014-6278","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6277","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6278"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2380-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6277"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6278"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bash","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bash@4.3-7ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.3-7ubuntu1.5"}]}],"versions":["4.2-5ubuntu3","4.3-1ubuntu2","4.3-2ubuntu1","4.3-3ubuntu1","4.3-4ubuntu1","4.3-4ubuntu2","4.3-6ubuntu1","4.3-7ubuntu1","4.3-7ubuntu1.1","4.3-7ubuntu1.2","4.3-7ubuntu1.3","4.3-7ubuntu1.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bash","binary_version":"4.3-7ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_name":"bash-builtins","binary_version":"4.3-7ubuntu1.5"},{"binary_name":"bash-static","binary_version":"4.3-7ubuntu1.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2380-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-6277","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2014-6278","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}