Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma Let Attackers Hack SSH Servers

A startling revelation has identified a dangerous security vulnerability in the xz compression utility, specifically within its liblzma library. This vulnerability has been found to compromise SSH server security. Xz Utils is a tool found almost everywhere in Linux. It helps to shrink data without losing any information on almost all systems similar to Linux. […]

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