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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200809-13">
+ <title>R: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ R is vulnerable to symlink attacks due to an insecure usage of temporary
+ files.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">R</product>
+ <announced>2008-09-22</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-09-22</revised>
+ <bug>235822</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-lang/R" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.7.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.7.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ R is a GPL licensed implementation of S, a language and environment for
+ statistical computing and graphics.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the "javareconf" script uses temporary
+ files in an insecure manner.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite
+ arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the
+ application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All R users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/R-2.7.1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3931">CVE-2008-3931</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-09-18T21:52:27Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-09-18T22:01:59Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-09-19T11:52:28Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>