CVE-2008-3931 Information

Description

javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/496418 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496363 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core-ra http://secunia.com/advisories/31647 http://secunia.com/advisories/31996 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:198 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30878 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235822 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44736