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...
  • 1henno1@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    AFAIK it‘s better to use rpm -q xz xz-libs (copied from the forum replies) to avoid running xz itself just in case the affected version is already installed