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IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is not affected by the Bash vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277, and CVE-2014-6278)

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IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is not vulnerable to the Bash vulnerabilities that have been referred to as “Bash Bug” or “Shellshock” and the two memory corruption vulnerabilities.

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IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) in all editions and all platforms is NOT vulnerable to the Bash vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277, and CVE-2014-6278).


IBM recommends that you review your entire environment to identify vulnerable releases of Bash including your Operating Systems and take appropriate mitigation and remediation actions. Please contact your Operating System provider for more information.



Change History: October 9, 2014: original version published

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