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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001941Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2025-07-14 09:36
Reporterjerronimo Assigned Tomuts  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version1.0.9 
Summary0001941: kali 1.0.9 is stuck on vulnerable version of bash
Description

[17:43 jerrod@localhost ~] > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade bash
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release.gpg
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib i386 Packages
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
bash is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[17:52 jerrod@localhost ~] > bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.2.37(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
[18:01 jerrod@localhost ~] >

Steps To Reproduce

[17:43 jerrod@localhost ~] > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade bash
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release.gpg
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Sources
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib i386 Packages
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
bash is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[17:52 jerrod@localhost ~] > bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.2.37(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
[18:01 jerrod@localhost ~] >

Additional Information

None. Just curious why kali wont update bash but all of my other machines running ubuntu/centos update fine.

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-12-03 02:04 jerronimo New Issue
2014-12-03 10:27 muts Note Added: 0002849
2014-12-03 10:27 muts Status new => closed
2014-12-03 10:27 muts Assigned To => muts
2014-12-03 10:27 muts Resolution open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal