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Python Script fetching the affected AUR packages from the atomic lock attack and compare with installed packages. Check if they have been updated after 8th of June.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Fetch a package list and report which entries were installed/updated on this
machine after a cutoff date, along with the latest action date for each.
Source list: a HedgeDoc note containing one package name per line.
Install history: /var/log/pacman.log ([ALPM] installed/upgraded lines).
"""
import re
import sys
import urllib.request
from datetime import datetime, timezone
PACKAGE_LIST_URL = "https://md.archlinux.org/s/SxbqukK6IA/download"
PACMAN_LOG = "/var/log/pacman.log"
CUTOFF = datetime(2026, 6, 8, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
LOG_LINE = re.compile(
r"^\[(?P<ts>[^\]]+)\] \[ALPM\] (?:installed|upgraded) (?P<pkg>\S+)"
)
def fetch_package_list(url):
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=30) as response:
text = response.read().decode("utf-8")
return {line.strip() for line in text.splitlines() if line.strip()}
def latest_actions_after_cutoff(log_path, cutoff):
latest = {}
with open(log_path, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as log:
for line in log:
match = LOG_LINE.match(line)
if not match:
continue
timestamp = datetime.fromisoformat(match.group("ts")).astimezone(timezone.utc)
if timestamp < cutoff:
continue
pkg = match.group("pkg")
if pkg not in latest or timestamp > latest[pkg]:
latest[pkg] = timestamp
return latest
def main():
wanted = fetch_package_list(PACKAGE_LIST_URL)
actions = latest_actions_after_cutoff(PACMAN_LOG, CUTOFF)
matches = sorted(
((pkg, ts) for pkg, ts in actions.items() if pkg in wanted),
key=lambda item: item[1],
)
print(f"Source list: {len(wanted)} packages")
print(f"Cutoff: installed/updated after {CUTOFF.date().isoformat()}")
print(f"Matches found: {len(matches)}\n")
if not matches:
print("No packages from the list were installed/updated after the cutoff.")
return
width = max(len(pkg) for pkg, _ in matches)
for pkg, ts in matches:
print(f"{pkg:<{width}} {ts.astimezone().isoformat()}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
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