This backdoor only affected amd64 systems (so ARM computers wouldn’t have been affected) and it would likely take some time before it got into Debian and Ubuntu LTS (used by a ton of servers), as they only receive non-security updates every ~2 years, so if it was discovered 1 month later, we would probably be fine.

So, can someone de-techify this and tell me which computers would have been impacted?

ItsjustMe

(11,971 posts)

4. No computers will be impacted.

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #2)

Wed May 8, 2024, 05:06 PM

May 2024

It was found before it was released in the final builds.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10971891

LAS14

(15,537 posts)

6. Yeah, I got that. Should have said "would have been" nt

Reply to ItsjustMe (Reply #4)

Wed May 8, 2024, 05:38 PM

May 2024

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