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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61596
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-01 (yelp)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200809-01.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200809-01.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability in yelp can lead to the execution of arbitrary code when
opening a URI, for example through Firefox.

Solution:
All yelp users running GNOME 2.22 should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=gnome-extra/yelp-2.22.1-r2'

All yelp users running GNOME 2.20 should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=gnome-extra/yelp-2.20.0-r1'

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3533
BugTraq ID: 30690
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30690
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00222.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:175
http://secunia.com/advisories/31465
http://secunia.com/advisories/31620
http://secunia.com/advisories/31834
http://secunia.com/advisories/32629
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:024 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-638-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2393
XForce ISS Database: yelp-uri-format-string(44449)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44449
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.

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