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>> Yelp URI Processing Remote Format String Vulnerability

Title : Yelp URI Processing Remote Format String Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2393
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3533
CWE ID : CWE-134
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-18

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A vulnerability has been identified in Yelp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a format string error in the "window_error()" [yelp-window.c] function when processing a malformed URI, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into following a specially crafted link.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Aaron Grattafiori.

ChangeLog

2008-08-18 : Initial release

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