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Fedora 24 rpy Update 3.3.3 Critical Buffer Overflow Fix

Update to 3.3.3. Fix CVE-2016-8714.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-da9d0f0dc0 2017-03-20 22:12:04.583089 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : rpy Product : Fedora 24 Version : 2.8.5 Release : 3.fc24 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to 3.3.3. Fix CVE-2016-8714. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1431171 - CVE-2016-8714 R: Buffer overflow in the LoadEncoding functionality https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431171 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notif. update, cve-2016-8714, ----------------------------------------------------------------. . Severity: Critical.LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 21, 2017 •Critical Fedora