WS-2022-0320 (High) detected in commonmarker-0.17.7.1.gem #37

Vulnerable Library - commonmarker-0.17.7.1.gem

A fast, safe, extensible parser for CommonMark. This wraps the official libcmark library.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/commonmarker-0.17.7.1.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• github-pages-175.gem (Root Library)
  • jekyll-commonmark-ghpages-0.1.3.gem
    • ❌ commonmarker-0.17.7.1.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Unbounded resource exhaustion in cmark-gfm autolink extension may lead to denial of service

Publish Date: 2022-09-21

URL: WS-2022-0320

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-4qw4-jpp4-8gvp

Release Date: 2022-09-21

Fix Resolution: commonmarker - 0.23.6