Ubuntu 24.04 Beta released after week delay due to malicious code
Delayed by a week due to malicious code in the XZ compression tools, Ubuntu 24.04 'Nodle Numbat' is ready for beta users to test.
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Delayed by a week due to malicious code in the XZ compression tools, Ubuntu 24.04 'Nodle Numbat' is ready for beta users to test.
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Release of the latest Ubuntu beta pushed back following security alerts
A backdoor that seems to have been purposely placed in the open source XZ Utils data compression library could have led to widespread compromise across the Linux ecosystem, and the community is on the trail of an individual developer who seems to be behind it.
A curious Microsoft employee has saved the world from a potential global meltdown as several Linux distros were found vulnerable to an XZ backdoor tracked under CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS score of 10.0).