TERiX Provides Free BASH Patches to Solaris Community
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Posted on October 15, 2014 at 4:42:01 PM
TERiX Provides Free BASH Patches to Solaris Community
Shellshock vulnerability solved for Solaris
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TERiX Computer Service, a leading independent multivendor hardware support company, announced today the availability of free BASH patches for several Solaris operating system releases, including end-of-support-life Solaris releases. TERiX developed its own open source BASH patches and released them to the open source community. The TERiX BASH patches address all known BASH vulnerabilities within several major releases of Solaris, the server operating system that is a licensed product from Oracle Corporation.
Today's announcement fills a critical security gap for those Solaris customers that either do not have applicable active support contracts or are running versions for which no BASH patch was developed. "Some things should just not be monetized," explains Bernd Appleby, TERiX CEO. "Manufacturers have a moral responsibility to protect their customers from dangerous vulnerabilities released in their code." Mr. Appleby continues, "Most companies have done the responsible and right thing by providing free BASH patches to their customers, thus respecting customers and providing greater protection of customer infrastructure and the internet in general."
TERiX developed and provided a similar free solution for the Solaris end-user community in 2007 when it released a free version of the Daylight Saving Time patch for Solaris 7, saving the Solaris community hundreds of thousands of dollars. Both the DST code and the BASH code are open source covered by the General Public License (GNU).
BASH patches are available now for both SPARC and x86 Solaris versions. Solaris SPARC versions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and Solaris x86 8, 9 and 10 all have free patches available for download on the TERiX website (http://www.terix.com). Solaris 11 BASH patches are under development and will be released shortly.
About TERiX Computer Service
TERiX is a global independent hardware support company providing flexible multivendor service on over 30 OEM brands of server, storage and network products. These include new manufacture and legacy platforms from IBM(®), Cisco(®), HP(®), Dell(®), Oracle(®), HDS(®), EMC(®), and NetApp(®) among others. TERiX Computer Service customers include 50 of the global Fortune 500, 30+ major telecommunication companies, 20+ major finance/banking firms, more than a dozen healthcare and pharmaceutical giants, and 20+ Federal Agencies. TERiX provides a customer-focused support experience with strong service metric attainment, and as a hardware-agnostic service provider, acts as a trusted advisor to clients and partners worldwide. For more information, visit us at: http://www.terix.com.
SOURCE TERiX Computer Service
TERiX Computer Service
CONTACT: Monica Bower, 614-339-4134
Web Site: http://www.terix.com
Shellshock vulnerability solved for Solaris
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TERiX Computer Service, a leading independent multivendor hardware support company, announced today the availability of free BASH patches for several Solaris operating system releases, including end-of-support-life Solaris releases. TERiX developed its own open source BASH patches and released them to the open source community. The TERiX BASH patches address all known BASH vulnerabilities within several major releases of Solaris, the server operating system that is a licensed product from Oracle Corporation.
Today's announcement fills a critical security gap for those Solaris customers that either do not have applicable active support contracts or are running versions for which no BASH patch was developed. "Some things should just not be monetized," explains Bernd Appleby, TERiX CEO. "Manufacturers have a moral responsibility to protect their customers from dangerous vulnerabilities released in their code." Mr. Appleby continues, "Most companies have done the responsible and right thing by providing free BASH patches to their customers, thus respecting customers and providing greater protection of customer infrastructure and the internet in general."
TERiX developed and provided a similar free solution for the Solaris end-user community in 2007 when it released a free version of the Daylight Saving Time patch for Solaris 7, saving the Solaris community hundreds of thousands of dollars. Both the DST code and the BASH code are open source covered by the General Public License (GNU).
BASH patches are available now for both SPARC and x86 Solaris versions. Solaris SPARC versions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and Solaris x86 8, 9 and 10 all have free patches available for download on the TERiX website (http://www.terix.com). Solaris 11 BASH patches are under development and will be released shortly.
About TERiX Computer Service
TERiX is a global independent hardware support company providing flexible multivendor service on over 30 OEM brands of server, storage and network products. These include new manufacture and legacy platforms from IBM(®), Cisco(®), HP(®), Dell(®), Oracle(®), HDS(®), EMC(®), and NetApp(®) among others. TERiX Computer Service customers include 50 of the global Fortune 500, 30+ major telecommunication companies, 20+ major finance/banking firms, more than a dozen healthcare and pharmaceutical giants, and 20+ Federal Agencies. TERiX provides a customer-focused support experience with strong service metric attainment, and as a hardware-agnostic service provider, acts as a trusted advisor to clients and partners worldwide. For more information, visit us at: http://www.terix.com.
SOURCE TERiX Computer Service
TERiX Computer Service
CONTACT: Monica Bower, 614-339-4134
Web Site: http://www.terix.com