CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3931
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected configurations
• r foundation r 2.7.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496418 bugs.debian.org
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496363 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core dev.gentoo.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core-ra dev.gentoo.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31647 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31996 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:198 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30878 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235822 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44736 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/496418 bugs.debian.org
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496363 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core dev.gentoo.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core-ra dev.gentoo.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31647 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31996 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:198 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30878 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235822 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44736 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com