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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise (www.openwall.com)

submitted 7 months ago by thomask@lemmy.sdf.org to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Branquinho 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On openSUSE Tumbleweed, there is an xz version xz-5.6.1.revertto5.4-3.2 available.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thanks kind stranger, updating my systems today.

Edit: looks like my Leap systems are fine. Not sure about the 15.6 beta, but nobody should be using that in production.