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RockyLinux 8 : pandoc (RLSA-2025:8427)
high Nessus Plugin ID 243095
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Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:8427 advisory.* cmark-gfm: Quadratic complexity bugs may lead to a denial of service (CVE-2023-24824)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected pandoc and / or pandoc-common packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 243095
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-8427.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 7/30/2025
Updated: 7/30/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24824
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pandoc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pandoc-common
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-24824