MGASA-2017-0236

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0236.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0236.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0236
Related
Published
2017-08-03T19:05:47Z
Modified
2017-08-03T18:47:54Z
Summary
Updated R-base packages fix security vulnerability
Details

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 (CVE-2016-8714).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / R-base

Package

Name
R-base
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/R-base?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.2-2.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}