Summary
Pandoc is a markdown/markup conversion tool. The version of pandoc in AlmaLinux 8 CRB uses cmark-gfm (GitHub's extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark) for parts of its conversion. The update, fixes CVE-2022-24724: an integer overflow in cmark-gfm's table row parsing which may lead to heap memory corruption when parsing tables with more than UINT16_MAX columns.
Security Fix(es):
* cmark-gfm: possible RCE due to integer overflow (CVE-2022-24724)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | pandoc | 2.0.6-6.el8_6 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | pandoc-common | 2.0.6-6.el8_6 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Integer overflow in table parsing extension leads to heap memory corruption
cmark-gfm is GitHub's extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark. Prior to versions 0.29.0.gfm.3 and 0.28.3.gfm.21, an integer overflow in cmark-gfm's table row parsing `table.c:row_from_string` may lead to heap memory corruption when pa…