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Fedora 43 perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 Important Salt Security Issue CVE-2026-6659

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). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe 2026-06-01 01:00:49.844238+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 Product : Fedora 43 Version : 1.4.3 Release : 1.fc43 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 - 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 * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.4.2-11 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thisupdate can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label 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 -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new . This Fedora update enhances security by improving the randomness of salt generation in the perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 application.. Fedora security update, Crypt-PasswdMD5 random salt, CVE-2026-6659, cryptographic enhancements. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 01, 2026 •Important Fedora