Red Hat issues “urgent security alert” following attack on XZ Utils compression library

Red Hat has issued an “urgent security alert”. Warning of an attack detected in two versions of the popular XZ Utils data compression library (formerly known as LZMA Utils). 

Attack details CVE-2024-3094

This attack, identified as CVE-2024-3094, has been listed with the highest possible CVSS score of 10.0. Indicating a threat of maximum severity. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is used to assess the severity and security risk of the system using a scale of 0 to …

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