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What does this have to do with systemd? Aren't they safer in this situation because they aren't using the beta xz release?
My systems running Debian stable with systemd also aren't affected...
This particular backdoor affects sshd on systems that use libsystemd for logging.
your Debian system is probably not affected because Debian stable doesn't update packages very quickly. You're probably on an older release of the backdoored package.
Nope, Debian uses a version from before the backdoor
The reason openssh links liblzma in the first place is to enable a systemd feature, so naturally "systemd bad, it's proximity to a security issue is yet more proof that a pile of shell scripts in a trenchcoat is a superior init system" etc