RHEL 8 : pandoc (RHSA-2025:8427)

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:8427. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(237691);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-24824");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2025:8427");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : pandoc (RHSA-2025:8427)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pandoc.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2025:8427 advisory.

    Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that
    uses this library. It can read several dialects of Markdown and (subsets of) HTML, reStructuredText,
    LaTeX, DocBook, JATS, MediaWiki markup, TWiki markup, TikiWiki markup, Creole 1.0, Haddock markup, OPML,
    Emacs Org-Mode, Emacs Muse, txt2tags, Vimwiki, Word Docx, ODT, and Textile, and it can write Markdown,
    reStructuredText, XHTML, HTML 5, LaTeX, ConTeXt, DocBook, JATS, OPML, TEI, OpenDocument, ODT, Word docx,
    RTF, MediaWiki, DokuWiki, ZimWiki, Textile, groff man, groff ms, plain text, Emacs Org-Mode, AsciiDoc,
    Haddock markup, EPUB (v2 and v3), FictionBook2, InDesign ICML, Muse, LaTeX beamer slides, PowerPoint, and
    several kinds of HTML/JavaScript slide shows (S5, Slidy, Slideous, DZSlides, reveal.js).  In contrast to
    most existing tools for converting Markdown to HTML, pandoc has a modular design: it consists of a set of
    readers, which parse text in a given format and produce a native representation of the document, and a set
    of writers, which convert this native representation into a target format. Thus, adding an input or output
    format requires only adding a reader or writer.  For pdf output please also install pandoc-pdf.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cmark-gfm: Quadratic complexity bugs may lead to a denial of service (CVE-2023-24824)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2210172");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_8427.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ab0f6339");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8427");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL pandoc packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:8427.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-24824");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(407);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/03/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pandoc-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'pandoc-2.0.6-7.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pandoc-common-2.0.6-7.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'pandoc / pandoc-common');
}