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xz-utils Backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)
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xz-utils Backdoor CVE-2024-3094
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
https://gist.github.com/thesamesam/223949d5a074ebc3dce9ee78baad9e27
Backdoor reverse analysis
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x2nsupeeo52oznrmplwapppl/post/3kowjkx2njy2b
YARA Rule
https://github.com/byinarie/CVE-2024-3094-info/blob/main/CVE-2024-3094.yar
Social Engineering Attempts to Include Backdoor in Distros
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067708
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39866275
Github Repo (now disabled)
https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz
Statements from Distributions
https://www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/
https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094
https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068024
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
https://gist.github.com/thesamesam/223949d5a074ebc3dce9ee78baad9e27
Backdoor reverse analysis
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x2nsupeeo52oznrmplwapppl/post/3kowjkx2njy2b
YARA Rule
https://github.com/byinarie/CVE-2024-3094-info/blob/main/CVE-2024-3094.yar
Social Engineering Attempts to Include Backdoor in Distros
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067708
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39866275
Github Repo (now disabled)
https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz
Statements from Distributions
https://www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/
https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094
https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068024
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