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Fedora 39 : python-markdown-it-py (2023-f970cbb557)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185297

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-f970cbb557 advisory.

 - Denial of service could be caused to the command line interface of markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to use invalid UTF-8 characters as input. (CVE-2023-26302)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-markdown-it-py package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-f970cbb557

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185297

File Name: fedora_2023-f970cbb557.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-markdown-it-py

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26302