Bash vulnerability - server reboot required [SOLVED]

BlinkEye · Last edited by BlinkEye on Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:41 am; edited 1 time in total

Is there a safe way to restart all Bash instances without rebooting the server?
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UberLord · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:20 pm Post subject:

Bash itself isn't a service, it's a shell.
pkill -9 bash
should do the trick.

The caveat is that anyone using it will be terminated abruptly, including you running that command, but in this case that's a good thing.
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Carnildo · Guru Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 594

If you're worried about the "shellshock" vulnerability, you don't need to restart Bash, you just need to update it. The vulnerability is only triggered when Bash is started, so once the vulnerable version is replaced, all attempts to trigger it will use a version that isn't affected.

BlinkEye · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:41 am Post subject:

I see, thanks.
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