Chad Waters via plug on 29 Mar 2024 11:53:19 -0700


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[PLUG] xz backdoor... check your boxes


Check your xz packages. Upstream 5.6.x contains malicious code. You should be reverting back to 5.4.x. Its made it way into some bleeding edge/development distros.

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

It made its way into Debian Sid and Testing (and has been reverted).
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xz-utils

-Chad
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