ChatGPT had a symlink exploit that allowed users to download data from the chat bot.
A ChatGPT bug allowed users to download data from the chat bot.
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Interesting bash bug with a certain script.
This script triggers an interesting result with bash versus sh. (echo ‘\n’ && echo "echo ‘\n’" > foo.sh && sh foo.sh)|wc -l(echo ‘\n’ && echo "echo ‘\n’" > foo.sh && sh foo.sh)|wc -l Running it with /bin/bash. jason@Yog-Sothoth » Documents » $ (echo '\n' && echo "echo '\n'" > foo.sh…
Read MoreStrange windows cd burning experience.
I was burning a DVD ISO image of Debian 9 to a disc in Windows 8.1. This completed successfully, and the disk was burned and finalized with no errors. But then I discovered the disk was a pre-burned CD with an old copy of Ubuntu Server 14.04 on it. So…
Read MoreGoogle translate behaving strangely.
The Google translate service is behaving strangely when attempting to translate from Mongolian to English. I entered this into the Mongolian field and got strange output. This is very strange… эээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээlogin friend (david smith):(password01)эээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээээlogin friend (david smith):(password01) ‘s Friends (david smith): (password01)’ s Contact Settings You have to login to…
Read MoreOutstanding Linux bug still not fixed after 13 years. We need to address this now.
There is still a very old Linux bug that has still not been fixed. Microsoft has a dominating market share. This is an Ubuntu bug reported by Mark Shuttleworth in 2004 and has still not been fixed. Ubuntu is getting better though. Ubuntu 17.10 will have Wayland and Gnome 3.26…
Read MoreBash shellshock bug still working on latest Debian release.
I am using Debian 8.0 and the bash shellshock bug still works. That is why I should use zsh instead. My home Fedora 25 machine uses the zsh shell and I do not have that problem at all. It is only the bash shell that has this vulnerability. This is…
Read MoreA variant of the shellshock bug that still works with the bash 4.3.11 shell.
This is a variant of the shellshock bug for bash that still works on a patched system. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and this still works for me. env VAR1=’me() {echo "hello"}\ ‘ /bin/touch /home/$LOGNAME/my.textenv VAR1=’me() {echo "hello"}\ ‘ /bin/touch /home/$LOGNAME/my.text So you can still put arbitrary content after the…
Read MoreShellshock bug a wake up call for all Linux users, but not the end of the world.
The shellshock bug for Linux is a wake up call for all Linux administrators and home users, but this is not the end of the world. The Linux distribution developers will issue patches very soon after a leak of a bug like this. There is not going to be a…
Read MoreCheck if you are vulnerable to the shellshock bug. This is an easy way to find out.
A vulnerable cygwin shell. Using the shellshock vulnerability to run ls in cygwin. Homer@bejiitas ~ $ x='() { :;}; `/bin/ls -hula`’ bash -c : bash: total 53K drwxrwxr-x+ 1 Homer Homer 0 Sep 26 18:38 . drwxrwxrwt+ 1 Homer Homer 0 Sep 26 2013 .. -rw-rw—- 1 Homer Homer 222…
Read MoreHow to fix the duplicate songs bug on Windows Phone 8 the easy way.
There is an annoying bug on Windows Phone 8 that causes the songs on your phone to be duplicated multiple times in the playlists. I managed to fix this by only putting the songs on the phone memory and leaving the SD card for photos and video. That way my…
Read MoreHow to fix an annoying dependency issue when updating Fedora 19.
I ran yum-update on my Fedora 19 installation today and I got this error. root@neo homer# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmfusion-free: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-debuginfo: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-source: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-updates: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-updates-source: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-nonfree: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au…
Read MoreAnnoying feature of the Dolphin file manager versus the Nautilus option.
The Dolphin file manager in Kubuntu 12.10 mounts drives when they are clicked by their name under the /media folder; but when you do this with the Nautilus file manager in Unity they are mounted under the /media/john folder. This is annoying when you want to play your music and…
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