Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Yelp vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-638-1 | First vendor Publication | 2008-08-27 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2008-08-27 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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
| 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. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-638-1 |
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: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:05:16 |
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