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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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⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻toLinux@lemmy.mlEnglish·7 months ago

WARNING: Malicious code in current pre-release & testing versions/variants: F40 and rawhide affected - users of F40/rawhide need to respond

(discussion.fedoraproject.org)

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WARNING: Malicious code in current pre-release & testing versions/variants: F40 and rawhide affected - users of F40/rawhide need to respond

(discussion.fedoraproject.org)

⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻toLinux@lemmy.mlEnglish·7 months ago

The xz package that has already entered the current F40 pre-release versions/variants and rawhide contains malicious code. This does NOT affect users of the Fedora releases (F38, F39 are thus not affected), but all users who use already F40 pre-release versions/variants or rawhide shall read this: Article: CVE details: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094 Be aware that this is CVE criticality 10: this is the highest risk factor. Also be aware that the header of the RH arti...

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This happens in close source software too. You just don’t find out about it until it gets bad enough.