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Microsoft Employee Finds Critical Linux Utility Flaw

All News, Software / By Giz / Cybersecurity Advisory, XZ Utils, Open-Source Vulnerability

Microsoft recently released a crucial security advisory regarding a backdoor vulnerability (CVE-2024-3094) identified in the widely utilized XZ Utils file compressor. This significant flaw, rated with a maximum severity score of 10.0 on the CVSS scale, impacts various popular Linux distributions such as Fedora, Kali Linux, OpenSUSE, and Alpine Linux. The potential repercussions of this vulnerability […]

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