Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-3533 First vendor Publication 2008-08-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Format string vulnerability in the window_error function in yelp-window.c in yelp in Gnome after 2.19.90 and before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command line, as demonstrated by use of yelp within (1) man or (2) ghelp URI handlers in Firefox, Evolution, and unspecified other programs.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3533

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17784
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17784
Title: USN-638-1 -- yelp vulnerability
Description: Aaron Grattafiori discovered that the Gnome Help Viewer did not handle format strings correctly when displaying certain error messages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-638-1
CVE-2008-3533
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): yelp
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for yelp MDVSA-2008:175 (yelp)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_175.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for yelp vulnerability USN-638-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_638_1.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-7293
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_7293_yelp_fc8.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-01 (yelp)
File : nvt/glsa_200809_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47513 Yelp yelp-window.c gtk_message_dialog Crafted URI Format String

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_yelp-081024.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-175.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-7293.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-05 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200809-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-638-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115890
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546364
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31465
http://secunia.com/advisories/31620
http://secunia.com/advisories/31834
http://secunia.com/advisories/32629
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:175
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30690
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-638-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2393
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+bug/254860
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44449
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg002...
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