Bug#1140105: libcrypt-dsa-perl: CVE-2026-12205

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libcrypt-dsa-perl
Version: 1.20-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libcrypt-dsa-perl.

CVE-2026-12205[0]:
| key material reuse for multiple signing events

I'm opening this at RC level, with the following question: Should
libcrypt-dsa-perl be removed from unstable and so forky? Upstream
clearly states:
| Deprecated.
| The maintainer of this distribution has indicated that it is
| deprecated and no longer suitable for use.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Crypt-DSA

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-12205
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12205
[1] https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/41004653/

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore