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Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Ubuntu 24.04 Beta Delayed Due To XZ Nightmare

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Ubuntu 24.04 Beta Delayed Due To XZ Nightmare

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Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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  • rotopenguin@infosec.pub
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    My $0.05 reading of it is that they want to hose down the build servers* and start clean, in case if the attacker escaped the sandboxing there.

    * (the computers that compile all of the new packages from source, not web servers that are handing out finished deb binaries to the public.)

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      They’re rebuilding all the newer builds “out of an abundance of caution.” The servers themselves obviously don’t run on experimental software.

      • rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social
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        This.

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      That would make sense if they ran servers on non-LTS release. Do they do that?

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      They dont run experimental software on their build servers.

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    Further read: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xz-liblzma-security-update-post-2/43801?u=d0od

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    Just don’t package it. And if you have to, sandbox it in Firejail or in Bubblewrap. Or just make Snap out of it.

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