| Name | CVE-2020-27637 |
| 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 |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| r-base (PTS) | bullseye | 4.0.4-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.2.2.20221110-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.5.0-3 | fixed |
| sid | 4.5.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| r-base | source | (unstable) | 4.0.3-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - r-base <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - r-base <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2