Balbix Guide to XZ Utils Backdoor

Executive Summary On March 29, 2024, developer Andres Freund reported the discovery of a backdoor in XZ Utils, affecting v5.6.0 and 5.6.1. XZ Utils, which provides compression tools for the .xz format, is included in a wide range of Linux distributions and projects. Tracked by CVE-2024-3094, this backdoor gives a specific attacker Remote Code Execution …

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