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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : cmark-gfm vulnerabilities (USN-7319-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 218384

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7319-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that cmark-gfm's autolink extension did not correctly handle parsing large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39209)

 It was discovered that cmark-gfm did not correctly handle parsing large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2023-22483)

 It was discovered that cmark-gfm did not correctly handle parsing large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10.
 (CVE-2023-22484)

 It was discovered that cmark-gfm did not correctly handle parsing large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-22486, CVE-2023-26485)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7319-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 218384

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7319-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 3/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26485

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm-extensions0.29.0.gfm.6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm0.29.0.gfm.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cmark-gfm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm-extensions0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm-extensions-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm0.29.0.gfm.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcmark-gfm-extensions0.29.0.gfm.3

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39209, CVE-2023-22483, CVE-2023-22484, CVE-2023-22486, CVE-2023-26485

USN: 7319-1