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Fedora Core 5 2006-494: yelp

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the yelp package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-494 (yelp).

Yelp is the Gnome 2 help/documentation browser. It is designed
to help you browse all the documentation on your system in
one central tool.

Update Information:

There were several security flaws found in the mozilla
package, which yelp depends on. Users of yelp are
advised to upgrade to this updated package which has been
rebuilt against a version of mozilla not vulnerable to these
flaws.

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security

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