PLEASE. I keep seeing it in memes. As I understand it the latest version of the xz package (present in rolling release distros like Arch and SUSE Tumbleweed) has “a backdoor”, but I have no earthly clue what can be done by malicious folks with access to that backdoor or if I should be afraid or how to check if my distro is compromised or how to prevent damage if it is or (…)
Didn’t it also get into Debian testing and Sid?
Debian Sid would be considered “bleeding edge”, not sure about Testing. It also made it into Fedora’s Sid equivalent, Rawhide and the branch for Fedora 41 (due out in October)