CVE-2008-3931

Publication date 4 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
r-base	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
r-base-core-ra	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
r-base-core-ra	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

cran appears to have fixed this in 2.14.0