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Date:      Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:56:24 +0200
From:      =?UTF-8?B?Q8OpZHJpYw==?= Weis <hawei@free.fr>
To:        "Chen, Alvin W" <Weike.Chen@Dell.com>, Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Disclosed backdoor in xz releases - FreeBSD not affected
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=EF=BB=BFLe 07/04/2024 11:35, =C2=AB Chen, Alvin W =C2=BB <owner-freebsd-security@freebsd=
.org <mailto:owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org> au nom de Weike.Chen@Dell.c=
om <mailto:Weike.Chen@Dell.com>> a =C3=A9crit :


> >> All supported FreeBSD releases include versions of xz that predate the
> affected releases.
> >>
> >> The main, stable/14, and stable/13 branches do include the affected ve=
rsion
> (5.6.0), but the backdoor components were excluded from the vendor import=
.
> Additionally, FreeBSD does not use the upstream's build tooling, which wa=
s 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.
>
> Hard to say for certain, but I suspect the answer is yes. If the jail has=
 the
> vulnerable software installed, there is a decent chance it would be affec=
ted. At
> that point, I would refer to the vulnerability statement published by the=
 Linux
> distro the jail is based on. I don=E2=80=99t believe the vulnerability has any =
kernel
> dependencies that FreeBSD would provide protection.
>
> Certainly, in the world of being conservatively cautious, I would immedia=
tely
> address any such Linux jails.
>
> Gordon
My understanding is: the 'xz' built from FreeBSD is not impacted, but the '=
xz' built from Linux and run based on FreeBSD Linux ABI could be impacted.
Please correct my if I am wrong.


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