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Fedora 45 : perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 (2026-5f1dfcb5c8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 316620

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-5f1dfcb5c8 advisory.

 Automatic update for perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc45.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Sat May 23 2026 Paul Howarth <[email protected]> - 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

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5f1dfcb5c8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316620

File Name: fedora_2026-5f1dfcb5c8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2026

Updated: 5/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6659

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-crypt-passwdmd5, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:45

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6659