http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173851 Bug ID: 1173851 Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2020-5238: cmark: Exponential time to parse certain inputs could lead to DoS. Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.1 Hardware: Other URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/262759/ OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Security Assignee: kgronlund@suse.com Reporter: atoptsoglou@suse.com QA Contact: security-team@suse.de Found By: Security Response Team Blocker: --- CVE-2020-5238 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. Upstream Advisory: https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-7gc6-9qr5-hc85 References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1854328 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-5238 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5238 https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/commit/85d895289c5ab67f988ca659493a64abb... https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-7gc6-9qr5-hc85 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.