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Debian yelp Important Information Disclosure Sandbox Escape DSA-6319-1

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Calendar Grey June 2, 2026
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6319-1 addresses an important issue in yelp, the GNOME help browser, related to information disclosure.
A vulnerability was discovered in yelp, the GNOME help browser, that allows a crafted help document to read files accessible to the user and exfiltrate them to a remote server thro...

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed
in version 42.2-1+deb12u2.

For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 42.2-4+deb13u1.

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/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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