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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise (www.openwall.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The malicious code attempts to hook in to libcrypto, so potentially other services that use libcrypto could be affected too. I don't think extensive research has been done on this yet.

SSH doesn't even use liblzma. It's pulling in the malicious code via libsystemd, which does use liblzma.

Edit: "crypto" meaning cryptography of course, not cryptocurrency.