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Fedora 42 perl-CryptX Security Fix CVE-2026-41564 on Random Number Issue

0.088 2026-04-23 - Crypt::KeyDerivation - new functions: pbkdf1_openssl, bcrypt_pbkdf, scrypt_pbkdf, argon2_pbkdf - Crypt::Misc - new functions: random_v7uuid, is_uuid - bundled libtomcrypt update branch:develop (commit: 2e441a17. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-bc5090f99b 2026-05-02 01:57:11.713683+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-CryptX Product : Fedora 42 Version : 0.088 Release : 2.fc42 URL : https://metacpan.org/release/CryptX Summary : Cryptographic toolkit Description : This Perl library provides a cryptography based on LibTomCrypt library. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: 0.088 2026-04-23 - Crypt::KeyDerivation - new functions: pbkdf1_openssl, bcrypt_pbkdf, scrypt_pbkdf, argon2_pbkdf - Crypt::Misc - new functions: random_v7uuid, is_uuid - bundled libtomcrypt update branch:develop (commit: 2e441a17 2026-04-15) - bundled libtommath update branch:develop (commit: ae40a87 2026-04-20) - security fix CVE-2026-41564 https://github.com/DCIT/perl- CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-24c2-gp6c-24c6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Apr 23 2026 Xavier Bachelot - 0.088-2 - Add missing BR: perl(Time::HiRes) * Thu Apr 23 2026 Xavier Bachelot - 0.088-1 - Update to 0.088 (RHBZ#22461073) - Fix CVE-2026-41564 (RHBZ#2461084,RHBZ#2461085) * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.087-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.087-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Mon Jul 7 2025 Jitka Plesnikova - 0.087-3 - Perl 5.42rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2461085 - CVE-2026-41564 perl-CryptX: CryptX: Private key recovery due to predictable pseudo-random number generation after forking [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461085 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-bc5090f99b' 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 . Fedora 42 perl-CryptX update addresses security issue related to predictable random number generation. Recommended upgrade.. Fedora Perl Security Update CryptX CVE-2026-41564. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 02, 2026 •Important Fedora