serious backdoor impacts major linux distros (Fedora, Kali, openSUSE, Debian) - eviltoast

Urgent: serious backdoor impacts major linux distros Fedora, Kali, openSUSE, Debian

DegenRocket has summarized the info & given you a simple command to check if your Linux machine is vulnerable:

https://linked-out.me/news/55d3c9f25acde2d95282

    • lens17@feddit.de
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      7 months ago

      I read somewhere that you should avoid starting xz if you don’t have to and therefore should use, for example,

      apt-show-versions xz
      

      (Though this has been two days ago and might not be relevant anymore, am not a dev).