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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:15:55 +0000
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Disclosed backdoor in xz releases - FreeBSD not affected
Message-ID:  <xeiec7rsjjd4sztlxztka4f5uopea3sqpm6jb6jalrxsraogrm@zpnprx5pg72c>
In-Reply-To: <1C17C92B-AFC2-4B7A-9594-25864156A546@tetlows.org>
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On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 10:02:14AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> FreeBSD is not affected by the recently announced backdoor included in th=
e 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 xz releases.
>=20
> All supported FreeBSD releases include versions of xz that predate the af=
fected releases.
>=20
> The main, stable/14, and stable/13 branches do include the affected versi=
on (5.6.0), but the backdoor components were excluded from the vendor impor=
t. Additionally, FreeBSD does not use the upstream's build tooling, which w=
as a required part of the attack. Lastly, the attack specifically targeted =
x86_64 Linux systems using glibc.

Hey Gordon,

Is there potential for Linux jails on FreeBSD systems (ie, deployments
making use of the Linxulator) to be impacted? Assuming amd64 here,
too.

Thanks,

--=20
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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