Bug#1140344: RM: libcrypt-dsa-perl -- RoQA; security issues, deprecated upstream, should not be part of forky

Salvatore Bonaccorso carnil at debian.org
Thu Jun 18 19:49:12 BST 2026


Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: security
X-Debbugs-Cc: libcrypt-dsa-perl at packages.debian.org, team at security.debian.org, Dominic Hargreaves <dom at earth.li>, Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>, carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: affects -1 + src:libcrypt-dsa-perl
User: ftp.debian.org at packages.debian.org
Usertags: remove

Hi

Crypt:DSA is deprecated upstream and should not be used anymore. It
had a couple of security issues (which while got fixed) does not
change the state for Crypt::DSA upstream.

Removal was briefly discussed as well in #1140120.

Please remove libcrypt-dsa-perl from unstable.

Rgards,
Salvatore



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