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title: "CVE-2008-3931\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3931?format=md
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# CVE-2008-3931

Publication date 4 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3931?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| r-base-core-ra | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [eslerm](https://launchpad.net/~eslerm)

cran appears to have fixed this in 2.14.0

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3931)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3931)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3931)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3931)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3931>