CVE-2020-27637

NameCVE-2020-27637
DescriptionThe R programming languageā€™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
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
r-base (PTS)buster3.5.2-1vulnerable
bullseye4.0.4-1fixed
bookworm4.2.2.20221110-2fixed
trixie4.3.2-1fixed
sid4.3.3-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
r-basesource(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

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