"Security Alert: Malicious Backdoor Discovered in XZ Utils for Linux"
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Red Hat issued an urgent security alert warning of malicious code embedded in certain versions of XZ Utils, impacting certain Fedora Linux distribution versions and potentially allowing unauthorized access to systems. The affected versions are 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, present in Fedora 41 and Fedora Rawhide. Red Hat advised users to stop using Fedora Rawhide instances and downgrade to a safe version. No versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are affected, but other distributions like Debian unstable may also be impacted. CISA recommended downgrading XZ Utils to a safe version and hunting for any malicious activity.
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