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CVE-2007-6183 (GCVE-0-2007-6183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-30 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:54
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27825 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/rub… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://osvdb.org/40774 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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Date Public
2007-11-27 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:18:09+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2007-6183",
      "id": "CVE-2007-6183",
      "initial_release_date": "2007-11-27T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "ruby-gnome2: format string vulnerability",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2007/cve-2007-6183.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
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