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  • TL;DR don’t worry (for now) - it only impacts rpm and deb builds and impacted releases only really made it into OpenSuSe tumbleweed - if you’re running bleeding edge maybe you need to worry a little.

    A laymans explanation about what happens is that the malicious package uses an indirect linkage (via systemd) to openssh and overrides a crypto function which either:

    • allows access to the system to a particular key
    • allows remote code execution with a particular key

    Or both!

    I have secondhand info that privately the reverse engineering is more advanced, but nobody wants to lead with bad info.

    As for what you should do? Unless you’re running an rpm or deb based distro and you have version 5.6.0 or 5.6.1 of xz-utils installed, not much. If you are, well, that comes down to your threat model and paranoia level: either upgrade (downgrade) the package to a non-vulnerable version or dust off and nuke the site from orbit; it’s the only way to be sure.











  • A software platform that makes it nearly impossible for Beehaw to host, in any way, CSAM.

    I hate to say it, but you’ll need to find a text-only platform. Allowing any image uploads opens the door to things like this.

    Besides that, if your concern is that no moderator should be exposed to anything like that, well on a text-only site you might have to deal with disguised spam links to gore, scam, etc. You’ll still have to click on links to effectively moderate.

    Maybe you should consider if this is a position that you want to put yourself in again. It sounds like this may just not be for you.