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   Message 86,916 of 87,272   
   John McCue to Joseph Rosevear   
   Re: Is Slackware xz safe?   
   29 Jan 25 02:02:38   
   
   From: jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com   
      
   Joseph Rosevear  wrote:   
   > Hello all,   
   >   
      
   >   
   > If you haven't heard, it is a vulnerability present in some   
   > instances of xz.  Slackware has /usr/bin/xz, so that raises   
   > the question, "Are we safe?"   
      
   Slackware 15.0 "fixed", see   
      
   http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-15.0/ChangeLog.txt   
      
   and search for xz-5.2.5-x86_64-4_slack15.0   
      
   But based upon what I have read, Slackware was never   
   vulnerable because it did not use systemd.   
      
   Also please review these links to learn how to post   
   correctly to USENET:   
      
   https://www.slack.net/~ant/usenet-posts.html   
      
   https://smfr.org/mtnw/docs/Usenet.html   
      
      
      
   Thanks,   
      
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