CVE-2020-27637
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
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
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27637
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.0.3-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.3-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.