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2.2 KiB
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2.2 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200809-01">
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<title>yelp: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability in yelp can lead to the execution of arbitrary code when
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opening a URI, for example through Firefox.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">yelp</product>
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<announced>September 04, 2008</announced>
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<revised>September 04, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>234079</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="gnome-extra/yelp" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.22.1-r2</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="rge">2.20.0-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.22.1-r2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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yelp is the default help browser for GNOME.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Aaron Grattafiori reported a format string vulnerability in the
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window_error() function in yelp-window.c.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker can entice a user to open specially crafted "man:" or
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"ghelp:" URIs in yelp, or an application using yelp such as Firefox or
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Evolution, and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All yelp users running GNOME 2.22 should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-extra/yelp-2.22.1-r2"</code>
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<p>
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All yelp users running GNOME 2.20 should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-extra/yelp-2.20.0-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3533">CVE-2008-3533</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:25:26 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:34:23 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:34:31 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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