SB20230818163 - Fedora 39 update for ghostwriter
Published: August 18, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20230818163
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39209)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a polynomial time complexity issue in the autolink extension. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.