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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-27637: R: Directory Traversal

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jan 12, 2021

Added

Jan 8, 2024

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

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

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-r

References

CVE-2020-27637
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-27637
CWE-22
EUVD-EUVD-2020-20144
GENTOO-202401-07
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-20144

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