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BASH exploit - Shellshock
Hi I have a ReadyNas Ultra 2 and it has version 3.1.17 of BASH installed which has a High risk vulnerability. Can somebody please explain how to patch BASH so that my system is not at risk from...
schmitzm wrote:
I'm probably running a rather dated version of RAIDiator on our NAS - can't check the version since I shut down frontview pretty much first thing when the news broke. Are there any update prerequisites for the current betas - i.e. requirement for a minimum release level?
What model do you have?
There shouldn't be an issue.
Of course it is a good idea to ensure you have an up to date backup first.
There is a very low chance that this vulnerability would be exploited especially if you don't forward ports to the NAS. That's not to say there isn't a way, but we haven't found any.
However if you are concerned I would turn off port forwards until after updating to the beta with the patch (or a newer release)
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