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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1ncHZqLWdwOGMtYzdwMs4AAxkL

Regular Expression Denial of Service in simple-markdown

A vulnerability has been found in simple-markdown 0.5.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file simple-markdown.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.5.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220639.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 4 months ago
Updated: 3 months ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2, CVE-2019-25103
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25103
• https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/commit/89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816
• https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/releases/tag/0.5.2
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220639
• https://vuldb.com/?id.220639
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2

Affected Packages