>> Ruby-GNOME2 "mdiag_initialize()" Message Handling Format String Issue
Title : Ruby-GNOME2 "mdiag_initialize()" Message Handling Format String Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4022 CVE ID : CVE-2007-6183
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-28
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Ruby-GNOME2, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a format string error in the "mdiag_initialize()" [gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c] when passing the "message" variable to "gtk_message_dialog_new()", which could be exploited by attackes to crash an affected application or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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