ALSA-2021:1972

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    ALSA-2021:1972

    Published: 18 May 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2020-5238

    Summary: Moderate: pandoc security update

    Details: Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. Security Fix(es): * cmark-gfm: Exponential time to parse certain inputs could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-5238) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-1972.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-5238

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pandoc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/pandoc

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.6-5.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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