Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703813
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3813-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'r-base' package(s) announced via the DSA-3813-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'r-base' package(s) announced via the DSA-3813-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.1-1+deb8u1. For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.3-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your r-base packages. Affected Software/OS: 'r-base' package(s) on Debian 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8714 BugTraq ID: 96785 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96785 Debian Security Information: DSA-3813 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/
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