Emerald@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 年前Debian security amirite?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1982
arrow-up1982imageDebian security amirite?lemmy.worldEmerald@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square72fedilink
minus-squarepiefedderatedd@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前There was a comment on Mastodon or Lemmy saying that the bad actor had been working with the project for two years so earlier versions may have malicious code as well already.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前They did but the malware wasn’t fully implemented yet. They spent quite a while implementing it, I guess to try and make it less obvious.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前Distros like gentoo reverted to 5.4.2 for that reason. If debian stable is on 5.4.1 that should be ok.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前Needless to say all his work ever will already be being reviewed.
There was a comment on Mastodon or Lemmy saying that the bad actor had been working with the project for two years so earlier versions may have malicious code as well already.
They did but the malware wasn’t fully implemented yet. They spent quite a while implementing it, I guess to try and make it less obvious.
Distros like gentoo reverted to 5.4.2 for that reason. If debian stable is on 5.4.1 that should be ok.
Needless to say all his work ever will already be being reviewed.