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Red Hat Issues Urgent Alert For Fedora Linux Users Due To Malicious Code
BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: In a recent security announcement, Red Hat's Information Risk and Security and Product Security teams have identified a critical vulnerability in the latest versions of the 'xz' compression tools and libraries. The affected versions, 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, conta...
The vulnerability, designated CVE-2024-3094, impacts users who have updated to the compromised versions of the xz libraries. Red Hat urges all Fedora Rawhide users to immediately cease using the distribution for both work and personal activities until the issue is resolved. Further reader submissions: xz/liblzma Backdoored, Facilitating ssh Compromise; Malicious Code Discovered in Popular XZ Utils.
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