Fedora 31 : ghc-cmark-gfm / ghc-hakyll / gitit / pandoc / pandoc-citeproc / etc (2020-fe299b3fa3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141249

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2020-5238

- ghc-cmark-gfm updated to 0.2.2 which rebases the bundled cmark-gfm to 0.29.0.gfm.1

https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-7gc6-9qr5
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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141249

File Name: fedora_2020-fe299b3fa3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:patat, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gitit, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ghc-hakyll, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pandoc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pandoc-citeproc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ghc-cmark-gfm, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5238

FEDORA: 2020-fe299b3fa3

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