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Eduard Florinescu
Asked: 2014-10-04 04:24:24 +0800 CST

Shellshock: How can I update only Bash without restarting?

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I want to fix the Shellshock issue, and the usual solution is to update Ubuntu.

How can I update only Bash and without having to reboot?

bash

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  1. Best Answer

    You don't have to restart for the Bash update to take. Just update in the normal way.

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

    If you (for whatever nonsensical reason) need to limit that to Bash, you can:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bash

    And again, because of the way this exploit is launched (setting an environment variable before starting a new instance of Bash), you don't need to reboot after you do this.

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