Ruby-GNOME2 mdiag_initialize format string
| rubygnome2-mdiaginitialize-format-string (38757) |  High Risk |
Description:
Ruby-GNOME2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted message parameter to the Gtk::MessageDialog.new() function using unspecified attack vectors, which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- Ruby-GNOME2, Ruby-GNOME2 0.16.0
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest SVN version of Ruby-GNOME2 (Revision 2720), available from the SourceForge.net SVN Repository. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- EM_386 Blog, Tuesday, November 27, 2007, Your favorite "better than C" scripting language is probably implemented in C at http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html.
- Ruby-GNOME2 Project Web site, Ruby-GNOME2 at http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/.
- SourceForge.net SVN Repository, Revision 2720 at http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2?view=rev&revision=2720.
- BID-26616: Ruby-GNOME2 Gtk::MessageDialog.new Function Format String Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6183: 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.
- DSA-1431: ruby-gnome2 -- format string
- GLSA-200712-09: Ruby-GNOME2: Format string error
- MDVSA-2008:033: Updated ruby-gnome2 packages fix arbitrary code execution vulnerability
- SA27825: Ruby-GNOME2 "Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" Format String Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4022: Ruby-GNOME2 mdiag_initialize() Message Handling Format String Issue
Reported:
Nov 27, 2007
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