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TITLE:
Gentoo update for R

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31996

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31996/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for R. This fixes a vulnerability, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions
with escalated privileges.

For further information:
SA31647

SOLUTION:
Update to version "dev-lang/R-2.7.1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31647:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31647/

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