Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Affecting yelp-xsl package, versions <42.1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-YELPXSL-9802149
  • published24 Apr 2025
  • disclosed3 Apr 2025

Introduced: 3 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2025-3155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable yelp-xsl to version 42.1-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yelp-xsl package and not the yelp-xsl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Yelp. The Gnome user help application allows the help document to execute arbitrary scripts. This vulnerability allows malicious users to input help documents, which may exfiltrate user files to an external environment.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1