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GLSA-200801-02 : R: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 29906

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-02 (R: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 R includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows and memory corruptions vulnerabilities (GLSA 200711-30).
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to process specially crafted regular expressions with R, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service or the disclosure of sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All R users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/R-2.2.1-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-30

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29906

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200801-02.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2008

Reference Information

BID: 26462, 26550

GLSA: 200801-02