USN-4562-2: kramdown vulnerability

26 October 2020

kramdown could be made to crash, run programs, or leak sensitive information if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • ruby-kramdown - Fast, pure-Ruby Markdown-superset converter - ruby library

Details

It was discovered that kramdown insecurely handled certain crafted input. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to read restricted files or execute
arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

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