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Unveiling the xz Utils Backdoor which deliberately opens our SSH connections for RCAs (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] youngGoku 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

So if I have been using arch with infected xz library to connect to a Debian LTS server, am I compromised?

[–] cybersandwich 9 points 7 months ago

Assume yes until you can prove otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

From what I've read both arch and debian stable aren't vulnerable to this. It targeted mostly debian-testing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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/

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I would pay attention to the news. You definitely want to upgrade immediately if you have not already