Lanky_Pomegranate530M to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months 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_Pomegranate530M to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squaretedu@azorius.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd is the backdoor actually included in the crate or is this an overhyped nothingburger?
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months 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.