Fedora 44 Perl-Crypt-PBKDF2 Important Timing Attack Fix 2026-5b12cc327e
This update addresses a number of security issues: Change the default hash algorithm to HMAC-SHA256, and increase the default number of iterations to 600,000, in line with current OWASP recommendations (CVE-2026-9641) Generate salts using Crypt::URandom (a strong system RNG) instead of perl’sLinuxSecurity – Security AdvisoriesRead More