Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in...

Vulnerability Description

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.

References

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27825
• http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c?view=log
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28022
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3407
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00251.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27975
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28060
• http://osvdb.org/40774
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431
• http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:033
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38757