On: Bash bug: apply the unofficial patch now (CVE-2014-6277)

[spydum]

Florian (the author of the new patch) is from Redhat - not just a random internet stranger.

[lucb1e → spydum]

So then surely Mint's (or Ubuntu's) team will include it in the repositories?

[scintill76 → lucb1e]

I think they have: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8378320 It'd be good to have confirmation that my little test is correct, though.

[_ak → lucb1e]

AFAIK, Florian Weimer is also in the Debian security team.

[rurban → _ak]

Not that this a good qualification. Being the redhat bash maintainer and member of the redhat security team is one.