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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•1 year agoArchlinux’s XZ was compromised as well. News post Git change for not using tarballs from source
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•1 year agoNo, read the link you posted: Arch does not directly link openssh to liblzma, and thus this attack vector is not possible. You can confirm this by issuing the following command: ldd "$(command -v sshd)" However, out of an abundance of caution, we advise users to remove the malicious code from their system by upgrading either way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoI think that was a precaution. The malicious build script ran during the build, but the backdoor itself was most likely not included in the resuling package as it checked for specific packaging systems. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/22
Archlinux’s XZ was compromised as well.
News post
Git change for not using tarballs from source
No, read the link you posted:
I think that was a precaution. The malicious build script ran during the build, but the backdoor itself was most likely not included in the resuling package as it checked for specific packaging systems.
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/22