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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2017-6950a0884d
2017-03-27 19:32:34.088051
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Name : R
Product : Fedora EPEL 7
Version : 3.3.3
Release : 1.el7
URL :
http://www.r-project.org
Summary : A language for data analysis and graphics
Description :
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.
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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 "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update R' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/...
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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