Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61606
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-638-1 (yelp)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to yelp announced via advisory USN-638-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Aaron Grattafiori discovered that the Gnome Help Viewer did not handle format strings correctly when displaying certain error messages. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted URI, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: yelp 2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-638-1 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 10.0
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
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