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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How do you track security vulnerabilities? (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you rely on mailing lists or news articles for security vulnerabilities? Please share.

I only got to know about xz/liblzma ^[1] and curl ^[2] ^[3] vulnerabilities through lemmy (maybe because of high severity?).

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I do regular automated updates. For anything requiring human intervention like the xz thing I trust Lemmy and YouTube to keep me updated. No dedicated news source because if I were to freak out about every new vulnerability found I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why does the xz thing require human intervention?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

If you had it on a computer that is accessible via SSH from the internet you should proceed under the assumption that it was compromised. Which means you should reinstall from a safe medium and change your keys and passwords.