Fedora alert FEDORA-2016-f15168439d (bash)

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[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: bash-4.3.42-5.fc23 
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Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:58:17 +0000 (UTC)
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-f15168439d
2016-10-12 18:56:55.305586
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Name        : bash
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 4.3.42
Release     : 5.fc23
URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/bash
Summary     : The GNU Bourne Again shell
Description :
The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language
interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash
incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell
(csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.

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Update Information:

Specially crafted SHELLOPTS and PS4 variables can cause arbitrary code
execution.  It is a security bug described in CVE-2016-7543 and this update
fixes it.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1379634 - CVE-2016-7543 bash: Specially crafted SHELLOPTS+PS4 variables allows command
substitution [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379634
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