Malicious backdoor sneaks into xz, Linux world’s data compression library and tool
March 29, 2024 at 06:05PM Red Hat has warned about a backdoor in the xz compression library affecting Fedora Linux 40, 41, and Rawhide. The vulnerability, rated 10/10 in severity, provides remote backdoor access and interferes with sshd authentication. Users are advised to stop using Fedora Rawhide instances. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is not … Read more