CVE-2020-27637
Published: 12 January 2021
The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise. This vulnerability affects packages installed via the R CMD install cli command or the install.packages() function from the interpreter. Update to version 4.0.3
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 9.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
r-base Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(4.0.3)
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Not vulnerable
(4.0.3-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
|