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44 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="202401-07">
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<title>R: Directory Traversal</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability was found in R which could allow for remote code execution.</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">R</product>
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<announced>2024-01-06</announced>
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<revised count="1">2024-01-06</revised>
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<bug>765361</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-lang/R" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">4.0.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.0.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>The native R package installation mechanisms do not sufficiently validate installed source packages for path traversal.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>Installation of a malicious R package could result in an arbitrary file overwrite which could result in arbitrary code execution, as might be seen with the overwrite of an authorized_keys file.</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All R users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/R-4.0.4"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27637">CVE-2020-27637</uri>
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<uri>-fno-common</uri>
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<uri>gcc-10</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-01-06T09:03:55.341282Z">ajak</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-01-06T09:03:55.343880Z">graaff</metadata>
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</glsa>
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