Ubuntu: USN-4799-1 (CVE-2016-8714): R vulnerability
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
03/10/2017
03/29/2023
03/22/2023
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
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