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P.S: This answer is from the person who originally discovered the bug :)

Ramesh
– Ramesh

2014-09-25 15:02:17 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2014 at 15:02
6

@Ben Isn't that the answer to the opposite question?

Doorknob
– Doorknob

2014-09-26 18:00:03 +00:00
Commented Sep 26, 2014 at 18:00
33

May I ask… did you stumble upon the bug serendipitously, or were you actively looking for bugs in Bash?

200_success
– 200_success

2014-09-26 20:01:21 +00:00
Commented Sep 26, 2014 at 20:01
7

@gerrit Because the bug doesn't cause any bad behavior under normal conditions. Since nothing goes wrong nobody's looking at the code other than security researchers and black hats.

Loren Pechtel
– Loren Pechtel

2014-09-27 03:51:06 +00:00
Commented Sep 27, 2014 at 3:51
4

@JacekSzymanski true, but what about other headers? especially custom headers? (an attacker can just add an X-Exploit-Payload header that should be set as HTTP_X_EXPORT_PAYLOAD)

Stack Exchange Broke The Law
– Stack Exchange Broke The Law

2014-09-29 08:38:42 +00:00
Commented Sep 29, 2014 at 8:38

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