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GLSA-202412-01 : R: Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 212186

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202412-01 (R: Arbitrary Code Execution)

 Deserialization of untrusted data can occur in the R statistical programming language, enabling a maliciously crafted RDS (R Data Serialization) formatted file or R package to run arbitrary code on an end users system when interacted with.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All R users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-lang/R-4.4.1

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-01

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930936

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212186

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202412-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/9/2024

Updated: 12/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:r

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27322