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CVE-2020-5238

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Date: July 1, 2020

The table extension in GitHub Flavored Markdown before version 0.29.0.gfm.1 takes O(n * n) time to parse certain inputs. An attacker could craft a markdown table which would take an unreasonably long time to process, causing a denial of service. This issue does not affect the upstream cmark project. The issue has been fixed in version 0.29.0.gfm.1.

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Related Resources (12)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5238
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WMQFOQQCWOAMQ4I2XIVCVOXXIJ75HDCW/
https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/commit/85d895289c5ab67f988ca659493a64abb5fec7b4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCDHBTUFIOYRIS5HAS6PZNBNMB7IOAX3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGJH2A4VAV54X6NSCNNGSEIGIIY5N2VR/
https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-7gc6-9qr5-hc85
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-5238
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCDHBTUFIOYRIS5HAS6PZNBNMB7IOAX3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGJH2A4VAV54X6NSCNNGSEIGIIY5N2VR/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5238
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WMQFOQQCWOAMQ4I2XIVCVOXXIJ75HDCW/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-5238

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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