Re: xz 5.6.0/5.6.1 backdoored, possibly in src/contrib as well

2024-03-29 Thread henrichhartzer
Good to know, thank you! I do think in this case it may be worth going to an older version because the maintainer was actively malicious. Even if *this* vulnerability looks safe. Just feels like playing with fire at the moment. Also, it sounds like libarchive had a suspicious commit by the auth

Re: xz 5.6.0/5.6.1 backdoored, possibly in src/contrib as well

2024-03-29 Thread Tomoaki AOKI
On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:15:53 +0100 (CET) henrichhart...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I recently read through this: > https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 > > It sounds like xz 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 are backdoored. Not sure if FreeBSD is or > not, but it looks like 14-stable

xz 5.6.0/5.6.1 backdoored, possibly in src/contrib as well

2024-03-29 Thread henrichhartzer
Hi everyone, I recently read through this: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 It sounds like xz 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 are backdoored. Not sure if FreeBSD is or not, but it looks like 14-stable and main have xz 5.6.0. In my opinion, earlier versions may also be suspect given tha