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Fedora alert FEDORA-2012-20159 (v8)

From:  updates@fedoraproject.org
To:  package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: v8-3.13.7.5-1.fc16
Date:  Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:55:55 +0000
Message-ID:  <20130109085555.A47F1208AA@bastion01.phx2.fedoraproject.org>
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-20159 2012-12-11 09:03:47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : v8 Product : Fedora 16 Version : 3.13.7.5 Release : 1.fc16 URL : http://code.google.com/p/v8 Summary : JavaScript Engine Description : V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to 3.13.7.5. Fixes CVE-2012-5120 CVE-2012-5128 and gets d8 working properly again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Dec 4 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1:3.13.7.5-1 - update to 3.13.7.5 (needed for chromium 23) - Resolves multiple security issues (CVE-2012-5120, CVE-2012-5128) - d8 is now using a static libv8, resolves bz 881973) * Sun Jul 22 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1:3.10.8-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jul 6 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 1:3.10.8-1 - update to 3.10.8 (chromium 20) * Tue Jun 12 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 1:3.9.24-1 - update to 3.9.24 (chromium 19) * Mon Apr 23 2012 Thomas Spura <tomspur@fedoraproject.org> 1:3.7.12.6 - rebuild for icu-49 * Fri Mar 30 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> 1:3.7.12-5 - make sure the right arm abi is used in the second call of scons * Thu Mar 29 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> 1:3.7.12-4 - use correct arm macros - use the correct abis for hard and soft float * Tue Mar 20 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 3.7.12-3 - merge changes from Fedora spec file, sync, add epoch * Fri Feb 17 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 3.7.12-2 - add -Wno-error=strict-overflow for gcc 4.7 (hack, hack, hack) * Mon Feb 13 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 3.7.12-1 - update to 3.7.12 * Thu Nov 3 2011 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 3.5.10-1 - update to 3.5.10 * Mon Sep 26 2011 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 3.4.14-2 - final 3.4.14 tag - include JavaScript minifier scripts in -devel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #874840 - CVE-2012-5120 CVE-2012-5128 v8: multiple flaws fixed in Google V8 3.13.7.5 (Chrome 23.0.1271.64) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874840 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update v8' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. 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/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-...


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