Timeline of the xz open source attack¶
Cox, R. (2024). Timeline of the xz open source attack.
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- The xz compression library, a dependency threaded deep into Linux distributions, was for years effectively maintained by a single overburdened volunteer, Lasse Collin — a bus factor of 1 for a component in millions of systems.
This sourceA timeline of xz/liblzma showing the library as a dependency of OpenSSH sshd on the major Linux distributions, maintained for years by the sole unpaid volunteer Lasse Collin. A detailed timeline of the xz/liblzma attack, from Jia Tan's first patches in 2021 through commit access and the backdoored release tarball to Andres Freund's discovery in March 2024.
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“a part of xz that also happens to be a dependency of OpenSSH sshd”
- The xz compression library, a dependency threaded deep into Linux distributions, was for years effectively maintained by a single overburdened volunteer, Lasse Collin — a bus factor of 1 for a component in millions of systems.
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