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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-ae18216e75
2017-03-20 22:11:58.761209
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Name        : rpy
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 2.8.5
Release     : 3.fc25
URL         : https://pypi.org/project/rpy2/
Summary     : Python interface to the R language
Description :
RPy provides a robust Python interface to the R
programming language.  It can manage all kinds of R objects and can
execute arbitrary R functions. All the errors from the R language are
converted to Python exceptions.

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Update Information:

Update to 3.3.3. Fix CVE-2016-8714.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1431171 - CVE-2016-8714 R: Buffer overflow in the LoadEncoding functionality
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431171
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade rpy' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 25: rpy Security Update

March 21, 2017
Update to 3.3.3

Summary

RPy provides a robust Python interface to the R

programming language. It can manage all kinds of R objects and can

execute arbitrary R functions. All the errors from the R language are

converted to Python exceptions.

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 rpy' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : rpy
Product : Fedora 25
Version : 2.8.5
Release : 3.fc25
URL : https://pypi.org/project/rpy2/
Summary : Python interface to the R language

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