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FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that

`$HOME`, Not So Sweet `$HOME`

Preface
1 What is $HOME to you?
2 Setup
- 2.1 Linux
2.1.4 xdg-user-dirs

How to install game-porting-toolkit (aka proton for macOS)

You also might wanna just use Whisky which does this automatically

This guide works on macOS 13.4+ using Command Line Tools for XCode 15 Beta!

What is this?

In the recent WWDC, Apple announced and released the "game porting toolkit", which upon further inspection this is just a modified version of CrossOver's fork of wine which is a "compatibility layer" that allows you to run Windows applications on macOS and Linux.

macOS Internals

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Starting Points

How to use this gist

You've got two main options:

ACPI DSDT/SSDT patching

These instructions are meant for a system with EFI, systemd-boot and deb based packages. Adjust them to your needs.

Reference: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt

See also https://github.com/lbschenkel/acer-sf314_43-acpi-patch

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant dotcom
    participant iframe
    participant viewscreen
    dotcom->>iframe: loads html w/ iframe url
    iframe->>viewscreen: request template
    viewscreen->>iframe: html & javascript
 iframe-&gt;&gt;dotcom: iframe ready

	import { useEffect } from "react";
	import { Detail, open } from "@raycast/api";
	import { useExec } from "@raycast/utils";
	import Papa from "papaparse";

	type Row = {
	// "On my way!"
	ZPHRASE: string;
	// omw
	ZSHORTCUT: string;

	# THIS LINUX SETUP SCRIPT HAS MORPHED INTO A WHOLE PROJECT: HTTPS://OMAKUB.ORG
	# PLEASE CHECKOUT THAT PROJECT INSTEAD OF THIS OUTDATED SETUP SCRIPT.
	#
	#

	# Libraries and infrastructure
	sudo apt update -y
	sudo apt install -y \
	docker.io docker-buildx \
	build-essential pkg-config autoconf bison rustc cargo clang \

	<?php
	$sourceURL = $_GET['to'];

	function startsWith($string, $startString) {
	$len = strlen($startString);
	return (substr($string, 0, $len) === $startString);
	}

	$html = file_get_contents($sourceURL);
	if ($html === false) {

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# Builds mpv & mpv.app on Apple silicon Macs.
	# Run this script from the root directory of the mpv repo.

	# if anything fails, gtfo
	set -ex

	meson setup build
	meson compile -C build