https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
Yeah but the backdoor does not work on Arch (as far as we currently know). It relies on a linking of libraries that Arch doesnt do by default.
And as https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 says:
"These conditions include targeting only x86-64 linux: [...] Building with gcc and the gnu linker [...] Running as part of a debian or RPM package build:"
I'm not an expert of course.
Holy shit that was a hell of a dive. And no wonder the dude got it working, he was just pounding those "test and translation" commits
https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
Yeah but the backdoor does not work on Arch (as far as we currently know). It relies on a linking of libraries that Arch doesnt do by default.
And as https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 says:
"These conditions include targeting only x86-64 linux: [...] Building with gcc and the gnu linker [...] Running as part of a debian or RPM package build:"
I'm not an expert of course.
Holy shit that was a hell of a dive. And no wonder the dude got it working, he was just pounding those "test and translation" commits