Automatically Blocks Shellshock Attack Vectors

Shellshock is out, and it’s exactly the type of threat that reinforces the importance of real-time, proactive, automated security.

6Scan has developed solutions to protect our customers’ websites against Shellshock attack vectors and we will continue to automatically update our active subscribers as new vectors emerge.

Through our patent-pending automated website security we are able to define common attack vectors and filter out malicious traffic designed to exploit websites that are exposed to this vulnerability. As new attack vectors emerge we will continue to update our security in real-time.

Shellshock details

The vulnerability comes from a weakness in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash), the text-based, command-line utility on multiple Linux and Unix operating systems. Researchers discovered that if Bash is set up to be the default command line utility on these systems, it opens those systems up to specially crafted remote attacks via a range of network tools that rely on it to execute scripts, from telnet and secure shell (SSH) sessions to Web requests. The vulnerability is summarized here.

The Guardian website has a good non-jargon write up and, as usual, Krebs on Security  has good coverage including this warning:

“The bug is being compared to the recent Heartbleed vulnerability because of its ubiquity and sheer potential for causing havoc on Internet-connected systems — particularly Web sites. Worse yet, experts say the official patch for the security hole is incomplete and could still let attackers seize control over vulnerable systems.”

Stay safe.