From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca>
To: Cygwin Apps <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: xz upstream backdoor compromise (was: Cygwin: Linux xz issue)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:08:33 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d212a243-62e4-4247-988f-683e7db0847e@SystematicSW.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <em9acc6e7a-921f-4922-a5dd-77cc63657601@fece094b.com>
On 2024-03-29 16:43, Ron Murray via Cygwin wrote:
> There is a serious security issue with xz (and liblzma) versions 5.6.0-1 and
> 5.6.1-1. I note that cywin currently is suggesting an upgrade to 5.6.1-1, which
> is unsafe. I've looked at the cygwin archives and I don't see a reference to
> this: sorry if you're already aware of this issue.
>
> References:
> https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/29/reported-supply-chain-compromise-affecting-xz-utils-data-compression-library-cve-2024-3094
> https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094
> https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-3094
> https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2024-3094-detecting-the-sshd-backdoor-in-xz-utils/
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2024/q1/268
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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