CVE-2007-6183

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6183
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-30 00:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby Gnome2 Ruby Gnome2 0.16.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:033 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
osvdb.org/40774 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Bug 402871 – CVE-2007-6183 ruby-gnome2: format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
#453689 - ruby-gnome2: CVE-2007-6183 format string vulnerability - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Debian update for ruby-gnome2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net Exploit
Ruby-GNOME2 Gtk::MessageDialog.new Function Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: ruby-gnome2-0.16.0-18.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1431-1 ruby-gnome2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo update for ruby-gtk2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Ruby-GNOME2: Format string error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 200623 - dev-ruby/ruby-gtk2 <0.16.0-r2 "Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" Format String Vulnerability (CVE-2007-6183) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: ruby-gnome2-0.16.0-18.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ruby-GNOME2 "Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
EM_386: Your favorite "better than C" scripting language is probably implemented in C af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 em386.blogspot.com
Ruby/Gnome2 0.16.0 Format String Vulnerability - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Fedora update for ruby-gnome - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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