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GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255: Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown

The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.

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  3. CVE-2024-44337

Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 15, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 16, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/gomarkdown/markdown (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f

Patched versions

0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f

The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44337
  • gomarkdown/markdown@a2a9c4f
  • https://github.com/Brinmon/CVE-2024-44337

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Oct 15, 2024

Last updated

Oct 16, 2024

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