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Debian DSA-3813-1 : r-base - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 97802

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Cory Duplantis discovered a buffer overflow in the R programming language. A malformed encoding file may lead to the execution of arbitrary code during PDF generation.

Solution

Upgrade the r-base packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.1-1+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.3-1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/r-base

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97802

File Name: debian_DSA-3813.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:r-base

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8714

DSA: 3813