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ELI5: The Linux xz backdoor situation (pawb.social)
submitted 3 months ago by VinesNFluff@pawb.social to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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PLEASE. I keep seeing it in memes. As I understand it the latest version of the xz package (present in rolling release distros like Arch and SUSE Tumbleweed) has "a backdoor", but I have no earthly clue what can be done by malicious folks with access to that backdoor or if I should be afraid or how to check if my distro is compromised or how to prevent damage if it is or (...)

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

Maybe initially, when nobody knew about it. I bet it'll be reverse engineered and filtered down to script kiddies soon, if it hasn't already. If your server is affected, you should definitely fix it or even reinstall.

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