RHSA-2021:1972

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-05-18 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:15
Summary
security update for pandoc
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for pandoc
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2021:1972. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1972.
Patchnames: RHSA-2021:1972
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2020-5238
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:pandoc-0:2.0.6-5.el8.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:pandoc-common-0:2.0.6-5.el8.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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