CVE-2008-3931

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200809-13

Posted Sep 22, 2008

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-13 - R is vulnerable to symlink attacks due to an insecure usage of temporary files. Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the javareconf script uses temporary files in an insecure manner. Versions less than 2.7.1 are affected.

tags | advisory

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2008-3931

SHA-256 | 7a6492d9f03e324b6a848b1b3fe59e88048ee6ac6f8f6d962b263f5af9b5b70f

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-198

Posted Sep 16, 2008

Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A symlink vulnerability was found in the javareconf script in R that allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local

systems | linux, mandriva

advisories | CVE-2008-3931

SHA-256 | b99d99c5158b1d3ecb006714bbc150f0f8ab552425f2bd64778e1edb59aea90e

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