"Test files" associated with the XZ Utils backdoor have made their way to a Rust crate known as liblzma-sys, new findings from Phylum reveal. liblzma-sys, which has been downloaded over 21,000 times to date, provides Rust developers with bindings to the liblzma implementation, an underlying library that is part of the XZ Utils data compression software. The impacted version in … [Read more...] about Popular Rust Crate liblzma-sys Compromised with XZ Utils Backdoor Files
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Malicious Code in XZ Utils for Linux Systems Enables Remote Code Execution
Apr 02, 2024NewsroomFirmware Security / Vulnerability The malicious code inserted into the open-source library XZ Utils, a widely used package present in major Linux distributions, is also capable of facilitating remote code execution, a new analysis has revealed. The audacious supply chain compromise, tracked as CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS score: 10.0), came to light last week when … [Read more...] about Malicious Code in XZ Utils for Linux Systems Enables Remote Code Execution
Secret Backdoor Found in XZ Utils Library, Impacts Major Linux Distros
Mar 30, 2024NewsroomLinux / Supply Chain Attack Red Hat on Friday released an "urgent security alert" warning that two versions of a popular data compression library called XZ Utils (previously LZMA Utils) have been backdoored with malicious code designed to allow unauthorized remote access. The software supply chain compromise, tracked as CVE-2024-3094, has a CVSS score of … [Read more...] about Secret Backdoor Found in XZ Utils Library, Impacts Major Linux Distros