[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: v8-3.13.7.5-1.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-20117
2012-12-11 04:48:14
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Name        : v8
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 3.13.7.5
Release     : 1.fc18
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.

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Update Information:

Update to 3.13.7.5. Fixes CVE-2012-5120 CVE-2012-5128 and gets d8 working properly again.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Dec  4 2012 Tom Callaway <spot at 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)
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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
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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/.

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