Bug 1921725 (CVE-2020-27637)

Summary:	CVE-2020-27637 R: code execution via malicious CRAN package
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Michael Kaplan 2021-01-28 13:59:03 UTC

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

External References:

https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2
https://www.r-project.org/foundation/

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2021-01-28 13:59:27 UTC

Created R tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1921726]