Bug 1921725 (CVE-2020-27637) - CVE-2020-27637 R: code execution via malicious CRAN package
Summary: CVE-2020-27637 R: code execution via malicious CRAN package
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2020-27637
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1921726
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-01-28 13:59 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-10-28 05:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-28 05:29:11 UTC
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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]
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