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backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise
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this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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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.