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Debian: DSA-5927-1 critical: yelp data exfiltration risk

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2025
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A security vulnerability in the Yelp application, identified in Debian DSA-5927-1, could facilitate unauthorized script executions, potentially resulting in sensitive data breaches.
It was discovered that Yelp, the help browser for the GNOME desktop, allowed help files to execute arbitrary scripts

Summary

It was discovered that Yelp, the help browser for the GNOME desktop,
allowed help files to execute arbitrary scripts. Opening a malformed
help file could have resulted in data exfiltration.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 42.2-1+deb12u1 of yelp and version 42.1-2+deb12u1 of yelp-xsl.

We recommend that you upgrade your yelp packages.

For the detailed security status of yelp please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/yelp

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: yelp
CVE ID: CVE-2025-3155

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