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05/07/2024 10:22:36 am

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CVE-2014-7187

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Experts say Apple's Mac Shellshock Patch is Incomplete

Although Apple issued a fix for the Bash bug in the previous week, Tod Beardsley, an engineering manager for security firm Rapid7, said Tuesday that the patch is incomplete, leaving one vulnerability wide open to would-be hackers.

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Better Shellshock Patches Available

While the first released patches for the Shellshock vulnerability didn't provide complete protection, the latest patch versions were released on Friday for Linux, Apple's OS X and Unix bash shell security problem, giving affected computers greater defenses against cyber threats.

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