Fedora alert FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986 (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5)
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| Subject: | [SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc44 | |
| Date: | Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:49:20 +0000 | |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986 2026-06-01 00:48:39.785062+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 Product : Fedora 44 Version : 1.4.3 Release : 1.fc44 URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Crypt-PasswdMD5 Summary : Provides interoperable MD5-based crypt() functions Description : This package provides MD5-based crypt() functions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update uses a cryptographically strong random number source rather than perl's rand() function to generate random salt values when required (CVE-2026-6659) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Sat May 23 2026 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.4.3-1 - Update to 1.43 - Replace use of the cryptographically weak rand() function with the much stronger Crypt::URandom::urandom() (GH#3, CVE-2026-6659, rhbz#2479575) - Add Encode, Exporter, ExtUtils::MakeMaker to Makefile.PL - Add files AI_POLICY.md and SECURITY.md -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2479575 - CVE-2026-6659 perl: Crypt::PasswdMD5: Weak cryptographic salts due to predictable random number generation [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479575 [ 2 ] Bug #2480988 - perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.43 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgr... All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-cond... List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann... Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new