67 lines
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67 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200809-13">
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<title>R: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
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<synopsis>
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R is vulnerable to symlink attacks due to an insecure usage of temporary
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files.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">R</product>
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<announced>September 22, 2008</announced>
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<revised>September 22, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>235822</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-lang/R" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.7.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.7.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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R is a GPL licensed implementation of S, a language and environment for
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statistical computing and graphics.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the "javareconf" script uses temporary
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files in an insecure manner.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite
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arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the
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application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All R users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/R-2.7.1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3931">CVE-2008-3931</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:52:27 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:01:59 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:52:28 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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