A far more relevant Linux security flaw about how easy it is to set up a malicious mirror: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/justin/packagemanagersecurity/attack

A far more relevant Linux security flaw about how easy it is to set up a malicious mirror: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/justin/packagemanagersecurity/attacks-on-package-managers.html http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/justin/packagemanagersecuri... The "virus" in this article is a bit trivial, as other users have pointed out.