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XZploit Debacle: How a CPU-Hogging SSH Glitch Unraveled a 10/10 Security Nightmare!
Crack open the tech medicine cabinet because Debian’s got a fever—and it’s called CVE-2024-3094. With CPU spikes wilder than a caffeinated squirrel, one sharp-eyed Microsoft sleuth uncovered a heart-stopping, SSH-slowing ailment. Diagnosis? A critical case of the ‘xz’-es. Get your patches ready; this bug’s a doozy!
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Whoever said curiosity killed the cat clearly hasn’t met Andres Freund, the Microsoft sleuth who sniffed out a CPU-hogging gremlin lurking in Debian's xz package. With a CVSS perfect 10 score, this digital critter is less of a heartbreak and more of a heart-attack, cheekily dubbed with a name that would make a sailor blush. So, if you're using xz, it might be time to x-amine your version numbers and hold off on those public SSH soirees!
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