UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21391
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Summary:
Details: CKEditor 5 provides a WYSIWYG editing solution. This CVE affects the following npm packages: ckeditor5-engine, ckeditor5-font, ckeditor5-image, ckeditor5-list, ckeditor5-markdown-gfm, ckeditor5-media-embed, ckeditor5-paste-from-office, and ckeditor5-widget. Following an internal audit, a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in multiple CKEditor 5 packages. The vulnerability allowed to abuse particular regular expressions, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. It affects all users using the CKEditor 5 packages listed above at version <= 26.0.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 27.0.0.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-21391, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-image, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed, https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/security/advisories/GHSA-3rh3-wfr4-76mj, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-list, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-font, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21391
Affected packages
Package
Name: ckeditor3
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=bionic
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
