R: Insecure temporary file creation

R: Insecure temporary file creation R is vulnerable to symlink attacks due to an insecure usage of temporary files. R September 22, 2008 September 22, 2008: 01 235822 local 2.7.1 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"

CVE-2008-3931 p-y p-y p-y