Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2861
Advisory Released Date: 2025-05-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-05-29
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2025-3155)
Affected Packages:
yelp-xsl
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update yelp-xsl to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
yelp-xsl-3.28.0-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
yelp-xsl-devel-3.28.0-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
yelp-xsl-3.28.0-1.amzn2.0.1.src