<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200801-02"> <title>R: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis> Multiple vulnerabilities in R could result in the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">R</product> <announced>2008-01-09</announced> <revised count="02">2008-01-09</revised> <bug>198976</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-lang/R" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.2.1-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.1-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> R is a GPL licensed implementation of S, a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. PCRE is a library providing functions for Perl-compatible regular expressions. </p> </background> <description> <p> R includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows and memory corruptions vulnerabilities (GLSA 200711-30). </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> 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. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All R users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/R-2.2.1-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml">GLSA 200711-30</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-11-20T22:35:44Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-11-21T00:08:56Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-01-03T22:08:35Z"> py2 </metadata> </glsa>