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[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 23 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I'm on Void, and I had the malicious version installed. Updating the system downgraded xz to 5.4.6, so it seems they are on it. I'll be watching discussions to decide if my system might still be compromised.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Did you have SSH open to the internet?

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

No, this is just my personal laptop. I don't even have access to an IP address I could enable port-forwarding on.

[–] arouene@emacs.ch 1 points 7 months ago

@Auli @56_ I have SSH open on internet… on ipv6, I’m safe. Do you think VPN open on the internet is safer ? (Think twice CVE-2024-21762…)

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