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Fedora update for R and rpy
Secunia Advisory: SA31831
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Release Date: 2008-09-10
Popularity: 497 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 8
Fedora 9
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CVE reference:CVE-2008-3931
Description:
Fedora has issued an update for R and rpy. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA31647

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update R rpy").

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...announce/2008-September/msg00219.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...announce/2008-September/msg00220.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...announce/2008-September/msg00253.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...announce/2008-September/msg00254.html

Other References:
SA31647:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31647/

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