Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoPopular Rust Crate liblzma-sys Compromised with XZ Utils Backdoor Filesthehackernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkPopular Rust Crate liblzma-sys Compromised with XZ Utils Backdoor Filesthehackernews.comLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squaretedu@azorius.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd is the backdoor actually included in the crate or is this an overhyped nothingburger?
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThe original backdoor only worked if xz was being used by a linked sshd binary. Unless several other packages were targeted coorsinated attack, all of this is just clickbait and irrelevant.
And is the backdoor actually included in the crate or is this an overhyped nothingburger?
The original backdoor only worked if xz was being used by a linked sshd binary. Unless several other packages were targeted coorsinated attack, all of this is just clickbait and irrelevant.