cmark-gfm up to 0.29.0.gfm.6 resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in cmark-gfm up to 0.29.0.gfm.6. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. Versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.7 are subject to a polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm that may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.7.

The weakness was presented 01/24/2023 as GHSA-24f7-9frr-5h2r. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-22484 since 12/29/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.29.0.gfm.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cmark-gfm 0.29.0.gfm.7

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12/29/2022 CVE reserved
01/24/2023 +26 days Advisory disclosed
01/24/2023 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/24/2023 +0 days VulDB last update

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Advisory: GHSA-24f7-9frr-5h2r
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22484 (🔒)

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Created: 01/24/2023 07:48 AM
Changes: 01/24/2023 07:48 AM (49)
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