=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-638-1 August 27, 2008 yelp vulnerability CVE-2008-3533 =========================================================== 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: 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. 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. Updated packages for Ubuntu 7.10: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1.diff.gz Size/MD5: 850373 f1bacca35ae3410344a7bf1aef1529c8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1.dsc Size/MD5: 1335 bb08a9c70bc29bb5921d43b151d4abec http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 1327272 78603f3a62a2c651d813c81c553ffba2 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 347978 0f199a836a45c0c13d431157711ff9bf i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 337348 6b2cdaa678d2f1c08bfdadb50cc54435 lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture): http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1_lpia.deb Size/MD5: 337892 b5e5d4123b09e2707e099eb31e9600a2 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 351482 e8e453f18768563594db022523120401 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.20.0-0ubuntu3.1_sparc.deb Size/MD5: 340976 ac55a07c68d69579e9835dd1a725bf6b Updated packages for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3.diff.gz Size/MD5: 1266220 616a1b19286e879edb4e7e94da4b1d79 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3.dsc Size/MD5: 1276 6b3bcddcd1243e7e79f9c95452dc7210 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 1528478 e97a18f7e002d293394726004fc110b7 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 359430 89b9fa6b606101948ee12f67d60135e4 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3_i386.deb Size/MD5: 346710 a0d5b5159aca614667d72573e2cbbd70 lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture): http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3_lpia.deb Size/MD5: 347308 3cfb6569b2b090ead5b97ed20c4fc141 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5): http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/y/yelp/yelp_2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 361592 1aa001d6994747b62c1d6f90f9e42223