-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2023-461ad49621 2023-07-16 01:24:44.352149 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : cracklib Product : Fedora 38 Version : 2.9.11 Release : 1.fc38 URL : https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib Summary : A password-checking library Description : CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match certain security-oriented characteristics, with the purpose of stopping users from choosing passwords that are easy to guess. CrackLib performs several tests on passwords: it tries to generate words from a username and gecos entry and checks those words against the password; it checks for simplistic patterns in passwords; and it checks for the password in a dictionary. CrackLib is actually a library containing a particular C function which is used to check the password, as well as other C functions. CrackLib is not a replacement for a passwd program; it must be used in conjunction with an existing passwd program. Install the cracklib package if you need a program to check users' passwords to see if they are at least minimally secure. If you install CrackLib, you will also want to install the cracklib-dicts package. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Resolves: rhbz#2123955 cracklib-2.9.11 is available -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Fri Jul 7 2023 Paul Wouters <paul.wouters@xxxxxxxx - 2.9.11-1 - Resolves: rhbz#2123955 cracklib-2.9.11 is available - Remove old patches, port remaining patches to 2.9.11 - Use man pages from doc/ instead of pulling them from debian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2123955 - cracklib-2.9.11 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2123955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-461ad49621' 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 -- package-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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/package-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
