RedHat pandoc CVE-2020-5238 Input Validation Bypass Vulnerability

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Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. Security Fix(es): cmark-gfm: Exponential time to parse certain inputs could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-5238) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section. SolutionFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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pandoc

CVE References

CVE-2020-5238