mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoUnveiling the xz Utils Backdoor which deliberately opens our SSH connections for RCAswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down113
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minus-squareIrate1013@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoArch put out a statement saying users should update to a non infected binary even though it doesn’t appear to affect Arch https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/ However, out of an abundance of caution, we advise users to remove the malicious code from their system by upgrading either way. This is because other yet-to-be discovered methods to exploit the backdoor could exist.
Arch put out a statement saying users should update to a non infected binary even though it doesn’t appear to affect Arch https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/