ELI5 what does this mean for the average Linux user? I run a few Ubuntu 22.04 systems (yeah yeah, I know, canonical schmanonical) - but they aren’t bleeding edge, so they shouldn’t exhibit this vulnerability, right?
In this case I think that’s just Fedora and Debian Sid users or so.
The backdoor only activates during DEB or RPM builds, and was quickly discovered so only rolling release distros using either package format were affected.
ELI5 what does this mean for the average Linux user? I run a few Ubuntu 22.04 systems (yeah yeah, I know, canonical schmanonical) - but they aren’t bleeding edge, so they shouldn’t exhibit this vulnerability, right?
apt info xz-utils
Your version is old as balls. Even if you were on Mantic, it would still be old as balls.
Security through antiquity
The average user? Nothing. Mostly it just affects those who get the newest versions of everything.
In this case I think that’s just Fedora and Debian Sid users or so.
The backdoor only activates during DEB or RPM builds, and was quickly discovered so only rolling release distros using either package format were affected.