CVE-2023-24824

NameCVE-2023-24824
Descriptioncmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. A polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This CVE covers quadratic complexity issues when parsing text which leads with either large numbers of `>` or `-` characters. This issue has been addressed in version 0.29.0.gfm.10. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should validate that their input comes from trusted sources.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1034171, 1034172, 1034173, 1034174

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cmark-gfm (PTS)buster0.28.3.gfm.19-3vulnerable
bullseye0.29.0.gfm.0-6vulnerable
sid, trixie, bookworm0.29.0.gfm.6-6vulnerable
python-cmarkgfm (PTS)buster, bullseye0.4.2-1vulnerable
sid, trixie, bookworm0.8.0-3vulnerable
r-cran-commonmark (PTS)buster1.7-1vulnerable
bullseye1.7-2vulnerable
bookworm1.8.1-1vulnerable
sid, trixie1.9.2-2fixed
ruby-commonmarker (PTS)buster0.17.9-1vulnerable
bullseye0.21.0-1vulnerable
bookworm0.23.6-1vulnerable
sid, trixie0.23.10-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cmark-gfmsource(unstable)(unfixed)1034171
python-cmarkgfmsource(unstable)(unfixed)1034172
r-cran-commonmarksource(unstable)1.9.1-11034173
ruby-commonmarkersource(unstable)(unfixed)1034174

Notes

[bookworm] - cmark-gfm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - cmark-gfm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - cmark-gfm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - python-cmarkgfm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python-cmarkgfm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - python-cmarkgfm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - r-cran-commonmark <ignored> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - r-cran-commonmark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - r-cran-commonmark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - ruby-commonmarker <ignored> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - ruby-commonmarker <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - ruby-commonmarker <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-66g8-4hjf-77xh
https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/commit/2300c1bd2c8226108885bf019655c4159cf26b59 (0.29.0.gfm.10)
https://github.com/theacodes/cmarkgfm/commit/acf473a51a9dc3a4fd6d6a4b30e4d80c94d91d4a (2024.1.14)
r-cran-commonmark: https://github.com/r-lib/commonmark/commit/969e27ea29dce1c2d7ab9b9909640bb4643d460f (v1.9.1)

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