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Ubuntu: USN-4799-1 (CVE-2016-8714): R vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4799-1 (CVE-2016-8714): R vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/10/2017
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the LoadEncoding functionality of the R programming language version 3.3.0. A specially crafted R script can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a memory corruption. An attacker can send a malicious R script to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-r-base
  • ubuntu-upgrade-r-base-core

References

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