From: Reza Housseini <reza.housseini@gmail.com>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: xz backdoor
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 21:46:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ae39210-ba8b-49df-0ea1-c520011b7cf3@gmail.com> (raw)
Hi Guixers
Just stumbled upon this recently discovered supply chain attack on xz,
inserting a backdoor via test files [1, 2]. And it made me wondering,
what would have been the effects on guix and how can we potentially
avoid it?
Stay safe!
Reza
[1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
[2] https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-3094#cve-cvss-v3
next reply other threads:[~2024-04-01 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-01 19:46 Reza Housseini [this message]
2024-04-01 20:39 ` xz backdoor Kaelyn
2024-04-01 20:52 ` Attila Lendvai
2024-04-01 20:44 ` jbranso
2024-04-01 23:27 ` Leo Famulari
2024-04-02 8:23 ` Attila Lendvai
2024-04-02 8:29 ` adanskana
2024-04-02 22:35 ` Ryan Prior
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