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ldd/usr/sbin/sshd - Alpine vs. Ubuntu for exploitability of CVE-2024-3094

Hardening works. Ubuntu has liblzma that is vulnerable to CVE-2024-3094, Alpine not

Julius Davies

Julius Davies

March 31, 2024

Alpine

 ldd /usr/sbin/sshd - Alpine

Ubuntu

 ldd /usr/sbin/sshd - Ubuntu

Which feels safer to you?

Note: “ldd” is a linux command-line utility for listing all library dependencies of a program. In theory some versions of “ldd” can be unsafe to run against untrusted programs.

About the author: Julius Davis - MergeBase Co-founder & Advisor. Senior architect and developer with strong academic background and roots in the open-source community. Contributor to a number of important open-source projects.

Julius Davies

Julius Davies

Julius was the co-founder and CTO of MergeBase, where he led the development of the company’s advanced software composition analysis technology. A longtime contributor to the open source community, Julius brings deep technical expertise in secure software development.

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