python-markdown2: CVE-2020-11888

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Debian Bug report logs - #959445
python-markdown2: CVE-2020-11888

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 13:24:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security, upstream

Found in version python-markdown2/2.3.7-2

Forwarded to https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/348

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, team@security.debian.org, Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#959445; Package src:python-markdown2. (Sat, 02 May 2020 13:24:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: python-markdown2: CVE-2020-11888
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 15:20:31 +0200
Source: python-markdown2
Version: 2.3.7-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/348

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for python-markdown2.

CVE-2020-11888[0]:
| python-markdown2 through 2.3.8 allows XSS because element names are
| mishandled unless a \w+ match succeeds. For example, an attack might
| use elementname@ or elementname- with an onclick attribute.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11888
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11888
[1] https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/348

Regards,
Salvatore



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