ALSA-2022:5597

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    ALSA-2022:5597

    Published: 18 Jul 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: pandoc security update

    Details: Pandoc is a markdown/markup conversion tool. The version of pandoc in AlmaLinux 8 CRB uses cmark-gfm (GitHub's extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark) for parts of its conversion. The update, fixes CVE-2022-24724: an integer overflow in cmark-gfm's table row parsing which may lead to heap memory corruption when parsing tables with more than UINT16_MAX columns. Security Fix(es): * cmark-gfm: possible RCE due to integer overflow (CVE-2022-24724) 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5597, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24724, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2060662, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-5597.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pandoc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/pandoc

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.6-6.el8_6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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