@testeronious@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoXZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbannedgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down15
arrow-up1366arrow-down1external-linkXZ Utils is back on GitHub and Lasse Collin has been unbannedgithub.com@testeronious@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square@Yondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink25•1 year agoCan someone provide a summary on what this means? I thought there were malicious exploits in this. Why is it back up and the perpetrator unbanned?
minus-square@pixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink70•1 year agoLasse is the original maintainer of XZ, they have been placed back in their position as sole maintainer. “Jia Tan” was the person who slipped the backdoor into XZ and is now banned. Lasse has already fixed abd removed the backdoor. XZ itself is critical software everyone uses (its one of the main compression/decompression programs used on linux)
minus-square@Auli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoYes but damage seems to be done. Distros are talking or have moved off of it to zstd.
minus-squareBilleghlinkfedilink18•1 year agoThere are some, probably. But any exodus will be slow. Xz isn’t useless because it was dangerous once.
minus-square@intrepid@lemmy.calinkfedilink11•1 year agoBesides, XZ isn’t the only project in such a danger. Banning doesn’t solve that problem. They need to put in more funding and eyes.
minus-squareCalyhrelinkfedilink8•1 year agoI would argue this might make xz safer mid-term. So much eyes on it. I’m not familiar with other solutions, but who’s to say the bad actor won’t try a similar trick elsewhere
minus-square@4am@lemm.eelinkfedilink43•1 year agoExploits were removed. Maintainer who committed them still banned. xz is a critical piece of software.
Can someone provide a summary on what this means? I thought there were malicious exploits in this. Why is it back up and the perpetrator unbanned?
Lasse is the original maintainer of XZ, they have been placed back in their position as sole maintainer.
“Jia Tan” was the person who slipped the backdoor into XZ and is now banned.
Lasse has already fixed abd removed the backdoor.
XZ itself is critical software everyone uses (its one of the main compression/decompression programs used on linux)
Yes but damage seems to be done. Distros are talking or have moved off of it to zstd.
There are some, probably. But any exodus will be slow. Xz isn’t useless because it was dangerous once.
Besides, XZ isn’t the only project in such a danger. Banning doesn’t solve that problem. They need to put in more funding and eyes.
I would argue this might make xz safer mid-term. So much eyes on it. I’m not familiar with other solutions, but who’s to say the bad actor won’t try a similar trick elsewhere
Exploits were removed. Maintainer who committed them still banned. xz is a critical piece of software.
This sounds just like something Jia Tan might say…