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Protect Your Server Against Shellshock

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Last Updated: July 6, 2015 4:37 PM

You need to update your Linux server's installation of bash immediately to protect it from Shellshock, which was discovered on Sept. 24, 2014.

You only need to perform this update if you have a VPS or dedicated server. Customers with shared hosting accounts do not need to do anything.

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Update bash myself

The steps to update bash on your server depends on both your operating system, and whether you are using the old Hosting Control Panel interface or the new Gateway interface (more info).

Hosting Control Panel

Operating System Version
Ubuntu Ubuntu 8
Ubuntu 10
Fedora Fedora 19 or older
CentOS CentOS 4
CentOS 5 and 6
Red Hat All versions
All other OSes Unsupported Linux distributions (Shellshock)

Gateway

Operating System Version
Ubuntu Ubuntu 14
Fedora and CentOS All Fedora and CentOS

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