From: Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name>
To: Kaelyn <kaelyn.alexi@protonmail.com>
Cc: Reza Housseini <reza.housseini@gmail.com>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: xz backdoor
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:52:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <zNnPuQ0yT-d-6SPMOUbSA6vuHko657ansR4CNczMj-aVLCbL57sAeVt4pdqGEEAFCkqqTvP7sDIK6xal22q2c2p7sekGF5h3KK8TZ3dP8qM=@lendvai.name> (raw)
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> The quick summary is that Guix currently shouldn't be affected
> because a) Guix currently packages xz 5.2.8, which predates the
> backdoor, and b) the backdoor includes checks based on absolute
> paths e.g. under /usr and Guix executable paths generally don't
> match the patterns checked for.
and guix doesn't use systemd that patches sshd -- a critical piece of security -- in a way that made the backdoor possible...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-01 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-01 19:46 xz backdoor Reza Housseini
2024-04-01 20:39 ` Kaelyn
2024-04-01 20:52 ` Attila Lendvai [this message]
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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