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GSD-2007-6183

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2007-11-27 00:00
Details
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.
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CVE-2007-6183
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