SHELL SHOCK TESTS:
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curl https://shellshocker.net/shellshock_test.sh | bash
Feeling adventurous?:
curl http://binaryagent.metapath.org/shellshockstorm.sh | bash
apt-get update; apt-get install --only-upgrade bash
(or a variaton according to your distro)
You do not NEED to update your entire OS.
The --only-upgrade bash portion of this ensures you are not over writing any custom settings for any software such as tomcat or java (happened to me :P).