The R Project up to 4.3.x RDS deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in The R Project R up to 4.3.x and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component RDS Handler. Such manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-27322. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in The R Project R up to 4.3.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component RDS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Deserialization of untrusted data can occur in the R statistical programming language, on any version starting at 1.4.0 up to and not including 4.4.0, enabling a maliciously crafted RDS (R Data Serialization) formatted file or R package to run arbitrary code on an end user’s system when interacted with.

The advisory is shared for download at hiddenlayer.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-27322 since 02/23/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215859 (Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: R (CVE-2024-27322)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215859). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 215859
Nessus Name: Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: R (CVE-2024-27322)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: R 4.4.0

Timelineinfo

02/23/2024 🔍
04/29/2024 +65 days 🔍
04/29/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2025 +338 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hiddenlayer.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27322 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27322
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-262364

Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2024 15:54
Updated: 04/03/2025 00:41
Changes: 04/29/2024 15:54 (64), 02/12/2025 01:36 (3), 04/03/2025 00:41 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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