Mandriva Update for R-base MDVSA-2008:198 (R-base)

Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
Affected
R-base on Mandriva Linux 2008.0, Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64, Mandriva Linux 2008.1, Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64