R is vulnerable to symlink attacks due to an insecure usage of temporary files.
Package | dev-lang/R on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.7.1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.7.1 |
R is a GPL licensed implementation of S, a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the "javareconf" script uses temporary files in an insecure manner.
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All R users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/R-2.7.1"
Release date
September 22, 2008
Latest revision
September 22, 2008: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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