[ MDVSA-2008:198 ] R-base

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:198
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : R-base
 Date    : September 16, 2008
 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1
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 Problem Description:

 A symlink vulnerability was found in the javareconf script in R that
 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files (CVE-2008-3931).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3931
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 9a5c7a09fdf572a74368fae673d6b3b4  
2008.0/i586/libRmath-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 6aac2b83064741ec5301191ef28cf01c  
2008.0/i586/libRmath-devel-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 e2c37f14844baf407ab485899b5d25a5  
2008.0/i586/R-base-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 55f08e70cb31f63c32656229496f2cc1  
2008.0/SRPMS/R-base-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 c10af1c79d4a77e0c7b67d197f9d736a  
2008.0/x86_64/lib64Rmath-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 55b8c74659a75c8ac1b852b1f8498dc0  
2008.0/x86_64/lib64Rmath-devel-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 f93dd60a5b8acf5c3a55a4a853189528  
2008.0/x86_64/R-base-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 55f08e70cb31f63c32656229496f2cc1  
2008.0/SRPMS/R-base-2.5.1-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 993a6ceac7d4449223227c50fb0ac909  
2008.1/i586/libRmath-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 fffeba26637c011fd5420782e0aca56e  
2008.1/i586/libRmath-devel-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 b789a632e3a37d569e755c68d7d1ebda  
2008.1/i586/R-base-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 53700724d57ca220a20b05bcf17a69bd  
2008.1/SRPMS/R-base-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 f90761c90c971f97c796c79915722f98  
2008.1/x86_64/lib64Rmath-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 164bc6c3961beb489332816d29636401  
2008.1/x86_64/lib64Rmath-devel-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 366aa15f8337066a823556df0795d2aa  
2008.1/x86_64/R-base-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 53700724d57ca220a20b05bcf17a69bd  
2008.1/SRPMS/R-base-2.6.2-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
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 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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