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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-10 Critical: Python Execution Vulnerabilities Detected

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2008
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Various vulnerabilities in R may result in unintended code execution. It is advised that users perform upgrades to safeguard their environments.
Multiple vulnerabilities in R could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                        GLSA 200801-02:02
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: R: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: January 09, 2008
   Updated: January 09, 2008
      Bugs: #198976
        ID: 200801-02:02


Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in R could result in the execution of
arbitrary code.

Background
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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.

Affected packages
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     Package     /  Vulnerable  /                           Unaffected
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  1  dev-lang/R     < 2.2.1-r1                             >= 2.2.1-r1

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