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FKIE_CVE-2008-3533

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-08-18 17:41 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115890Exploit, Issue Tracking
security@ubuntu.comhttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546364Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31465Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31620Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31834Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32629Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:175Product
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-638-1Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2393Broken Link
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+bug/254860Exploit, Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44449VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00222.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115890Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546364Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31465Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31620Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31834Vendor Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:175Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-638-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2393Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+bug/254860Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44449VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00222.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome yelp *
gnome gnome 2.20
gnome gnome 2.22

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CVE-2008-3533 (GCVE-0-2008-3533)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-18 17:15 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115890 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/31465 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30690 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31620 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-638-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+b… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/31834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2008-3533 (GCVE-0-2008-3533)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2008-08-18 17:15 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115890 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/31465 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30690 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31620 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-638-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/32629 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2393 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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