openSUSE Security Update : yelp (yelp-271)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40162

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of yelp fixes a format string bug. (CVE-2008-3533)

Solution

Update the affected yelp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=414936

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40162

File Name: suse_11_0_yelp-081024.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yelp, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3533

CWE: 134