Re: Linux xz issue

2024-04-01 Thread Keith Thompson via Cygwin
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 9:15 PM Keith Thompson wrote: > > Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de wrote: > > Beyond that, the version 5.4.6 that everybody is currently reverting to > > (and is also still available for Cygwin if you want to go back) was > > already released when the presumed bad actor was co

Re: Linux xz issue

2024-03-31 Thread Keith Thompson via Cygwin
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de wrote: > Beyond that, the version 5.4.6 that everybody is currently reverting to > (and is also still available for Cygwin if you want to go back) was > already released when the presumed bad actor was co-maintainer and their > involvement goes back even farther based

Re: Linux xz issue

2024-03-30 Thread Achim Gratz via Cygwin
Am 29.03.2024 um 23:43 schrieb Ron Murray via Cygwin: There is a serious security issue with xz (and liblzma) versions 5.6.0-1 and 5.6.1-1. I note that cywin currently is suggesting an upgrade to 5.6.1-1, which is unsafe. I've looked at the cygwin archives and I don't see a reference to this: s

Linux xz issue

2024-03-29 Thread Ron Murray via Cygwin
There is a serious security issue with xz (and liblzma) versions 5.6.0-1 and 5.6.1-1. I note that cywin currently is suggesting an upgrade to 5.6.1-1, which is unsafe. I've looked at the cygwin archives and I don't see a reference to this: sorry if you're already aware of this issue. Reference