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CVE-2020-27637

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise. This vulnerability affects packages installed via the R CMD install cli command or the install.packages() function from the interpreter. Update to version 4.0.3

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/12/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

r-project:cran

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

References

https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-07(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.r-project.org/foundation/(cve@mitre.org)

https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-07(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.r-project.org/foundation/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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