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yelp: format string vulnerability

Package(s):yelp CVE #(s):CVE-2008-3533
Created:August 21, 2008 Updated:November 7, 2008
Description: From the Mandriva alert: A format string vulnerability was discovered in yelp after version 2.19.90 and before 2.24 that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command-line or via URI helpers in Firefox, Evolution, or possibly other programs,
Alerts:
SuSE SUSE-SR:2008:024 2008-11-07
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7293 2008-09-05
Gentoo 200809-01 2008-09-04
Ubuntu USN-638-1 2008-08-27
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:175 2008-08-20
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