National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6183

Overview

Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 (aka Ruby/Gnome2) 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message parameter.

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4022

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20071127 Ruby/Gnome2 0.16.0 Format String Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c?view=log

Hyperlink:http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c?view=log

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 40774

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/40774

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-4229

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00251.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-4216

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871

External Source: XF

Name: rubygnome2-mdiaginitialize-format-string(38757)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38757

External Source: BID

Name: 26616

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:033

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:033

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1431

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3407

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3407

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200712-09

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28060

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28060

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28022

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28022

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27975

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27975

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27825

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27825

External Source: MISC

Name: http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html

Hyperlink:http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689

Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689