Updated – 22:30 GMT – 25/09/2014
Patch for CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169 now available
Please see previous post with updated instructions – HERE
Category: Linux
Fedora 20 Users – Upgrade Your Bash Version Manually RE: CVE-2014-6271
Quite a few users have contacted me through my site to inform me that they have no updates available and they are worried about the flaw that has just been announced in BASH – CVE-2014-6271
[alert-note]Post updated to include patch for CVE-2014-7169[/alert-note]
You’re right to be worried, it’s a pretty nasty flaw. But don’t worry we will get you patched!
We can install the update directly from Koji.
To update your BASH version manually please do the following in a terminal.
[alert-note]Please su into root or use sudo[/alert-note]
Installation
yum -y install koji
koji download-build --arch=$(uname -m) bash-4.2.48-2.fc20
yum localinstall bash-4.2.48-2.fc20.$(uname -m).rpm
Alert! – Update your Fedora Systems ! CVE-2014-6271 Security Flaw Found In BASH Shell
The RedHat security team have released details of a flaw which has been discovered in the BASH shell.
Updates should be coming rather quick for this issue so keep checking your systems for available security updates.
If you’d like to check if your system is currently vulnerable run the following command – courtesy of the Fedora Magazine
env x='() { :;}; echo OOPS' bash -c /bin/true
If your terminal outputs “OOPS” then you’re vulnerable, according to the article if you are running a patched bash the output will look like this –
bash: warning: x: ignoring function definition attempt
bash: error importing function definition for `x’
For more information on this issue please visit here
[alert-note]Trying to update your fedora system and getting no updated packages? click the link below[/alert-note]
https://smittix.co.uk/fedora-20-users-upgrade-your-bash-version-manually-re-cve-2014-6271/
Installing Oracle’s VirtualBox-4.3 in Fedora 20
Whilst I tend to use Virt-Manager for my Virtualization needs, numerous users choose Oracle’s offering of VirtualBox.
Especially users that maybe coming from Windows.
Firstly VirtualBox need’s a few packages installed before we start the main installation.
Prerequisites
[alert-note]Please su into root or use sudo[/alert-note]
yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Add Oracle’s Repository File
Change into Yums repo directory
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
then create the new repository file
touch virtualbox.repo
Edit the newly created file and copy and paste the following text and save the file.
[virtualbox] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/$releasever/$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
Now all we need to do is install VirtualBox-4.3 by doing the following
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
VirtualBox-4.3 will now install. All you need to do is now spin up a new VM of your choosing, have fun!
Please Note : If you have any tips or a how to that you would like to request please contact me via the “Contact Me” form at the top of the page. I’d love to hear from you whether it’s a request or information you want to share.
Quick Install Spotify For Linux In Fedora 20
Please note, there is a more up to date article for newer versions of Fedora here. The article also includes a tutorial video.
If you love your music whilst hacking away on your computer I am sure you have tried Spotify!
Installing it doesn’t have to be a hard task and it’s even easier thanks to Slaanesh over at http://www.negativo17.org
He has kindly repackaged the latest Spotify client from the Ubuntu packages to work with Fedora and the like.
Current Supported Distributions
Fedora 19 – x86_64
Fedora 20 – x86_64
Fedora 21 – x86_64
RHEL/CentOS 7 – x86_64
To Install – [alert-note]You must be root![/alert-note]
Firstly we need to add the repository that Slaanesh has created for all his packages.
yum-config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-spotify.repo
Then install the client
yum -y install spotify-client
Once it’s installed hit your super key and start typing spotify! Happy Listening!
It’s worth also checking our Slaanesh’s other packages as there might be something else you need! http://negativo17.org
Beats Audio Subwoofer Not Working Correctly – Ubuntu 14.04
Quite a few brands of laptop come with beats audio hardware these days. My actual model is a HP Envy 17″.
When I first installed Ubuntu 14.04 I noticed the sound was very tinny and just didnt sound right at all, then I figured out that the sound wasn’t actually coming out of all the speakers on the laptop.
The only solution that I have found so far is to retask the audio using “HDAJackRetask” which is part of the “alsa-tools-gui” package.
Fire up a terminal and install the package we need by doing –
sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui
Once installed head over to the dash and start typing HDA until you see the Icon for HDAJackRetask appear then run the application.
Once ran, select your codec and stick a tick in the box which says “Show Unconnected Pins” and just copy my configuration from the screen shot below.
Click Apply now to test, You should see that the sound is a lot better than before. Once you’re happy with it hit “Install Boot Override”
Hope this helps someone, if you know of any other way to get this working please comment I’d love to hear your solutions.
This guide also works within Fedora 20.