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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by stefanka on Monday April 01, 2024 @09:39AM (#39894071)
I heard that sshd in arc doesn’t link to xz
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by withinboredom on Monday April 01, 2024 @10:22AM (#39894442)
the link to xz was in systemd that then loaded sshd with the exploit in the shared libraries.
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by growse on Monday April 01, 2024 @10:25AM (#39894477)
Only for distros that took a specific openssh patch (not merged in upstream openssh). Arch didn't afaik.
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