CVE-2024-3094

Summary

CVECVE-2024-3094
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerUnknown
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-03-29 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-04-03 06:15:00 UTC
DescriptionDescription unavailable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-506

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tukaani Xz 5.6.0 All All All
Application Tukaani Xz 5.6.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
research.swtch.com/xz-timeline research.swtch.com
aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2024-002 aws.amazon.com Third Party Advisory
www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
discourse.nixos.org/t/cve-2024-3094-malicious-code-in-xz-5-6-0-and-5-6-1-tarballs... discourse.nixos.org Third Party Advisory
twitter.com/infosecb/status/1774595540233167206 twitter.com Press/Media Coverage
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
twitter.com/debian/status/1774219194638409898 twitter.com Press/Media Coverage
bugs.gentoo.org/928134 bugs.gentoo.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
xeiaso.net/notes/2024/xz-vuln xeiaso.net Third Party Advisory
news.ycombinator.com/item news.ycombinator.com Issue Tracking
www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/29/reported-supply-chain-compromis... www.cisa.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
openssf.org/blog/2024/03/30/xz-backdoor-cve-2024-3094 openssf.org Third Party Advisory
github.com/karcherm/xz-malware github.com Third Party Advisory
twitter.com/LetsDefendIO/status/1774804387417751958 twitter.com Third Party Advisory
gynvael.coldwind.pl gynvael.coldwind.pl Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/backdoor-found-in-widely-used-linux-utility-... arstechnica.com Third Party Advisory
tukaani.org/xz-backdoor tukaani.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
lwn.net/Articles/967180 lwn.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
news.ycombinator.com/item news.ycombinator.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
RHBZ#2272210 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
ariadne.space/2024/04/02/the-xz-utils-backdoor-is-a-symptom-of-a-larger-pro... ariadne.space
lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-March/000248.html lists.freebsd.org Third Party Advisory
news.ycombinator.com/item news.ycombinator.com
www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor www.kali.org
twitter.com/infosecb/status/1774597228864139400 twitter.com Press/Media Coverage
security.archlinux.org/CVE-2024-3094 security.archlinux.org Third Party Advisory
github.com/amlweems/xzbot github.com
boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor boehs.org Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 www.openwall.com Mailing List
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
www.vicarius.io/vsociety/vulnerabilities/cve-2024-3094 www.vicarius.io
gist.github.com/thesamesam/223949d5a074ebc3dce9ee78baad9e27 gist.github.com Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxwq-x6h5-x525 github.com Third Party Advisory
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-3094 security.alpinelinux.org Third Party Advisory
www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/are-you-affected-by-the-backdoor-in-x... www.darkreading.com Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-3094 security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
research.swtch.com/xz-script research.swtch.com
www.theregister.com/2024/03/29/malicious_backdoor_xz www.theregister.com Press/Media Coverage
www.tenable.com/blog/frequently-asked-questions-cve-2024-3094-supply-chain-ba... www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-3094 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0001 security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 379548 XZ Utils SSH Backdoor Versions Detected (CVE-2024-3094)
  • 379582 XZ Utils SSH Backdoor Versions Detected for MacOS
  • 48253 Possible Exposure to xzlib Detected on MacOS
  • 710884 Gentoo Linux XZ utils Backdoor in release tarballs Vulnerability (GLSA 202403-04)
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