Gentoo update for R



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-27322
CWE-ID CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

dev-lang/R
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of untrusted data

EUVDB-ID: #VU89063

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27322

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted RDS (R Data Serialization) formatted file to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-lang/R to version: 4.4.1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

dev-lang/R: before 4.4.1

CPE2.3 External links

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


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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