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Fedora 24 R: 3.3.3 Critical Update for Buffer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Upgrade R to version 3.3.3 in Fedora 24 to resolve buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2016-8714. Prompt action advised.
Update to 3.3.3

Summary

This is a metapackage that provides both core R userspace and

all R development components.

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

R is similar to the award-winning S system, which was developed at

Bell Laboratories by John Chambers et al. It provides a wide

variety of statistical and graphical techniques (linear and

nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time series analysis,

classification, clustering, ...).

R is designed as a true computer language with control-flow

constructions for iteration and alternation, and it allows users to

add additional functionality by defining new functions. For

computationally intensive tasks, C, C++ and Fortran code can be linked

and called at run time.

Update Information:

Update to 3.3.3. Fix CVE-2016-8714.

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1431171 - CVE-2016-8714 R: Buffer overflow in the LoadEncoding functionality https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431171

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade R' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: R
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 3.3.3
Release: 1.fc24
Summary: A language for data analysis and graphics

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