Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2007-6183 First vendor Publication 2007-11-29
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6183

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18425
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18425
Title: DSA-1431-1 ruby-gnome2 - format string
Description: It was discovered that ruby-gnome2, the GNOME-related bindings for the Ruby language, didn't properly sanitise input prior to constructing dialogs. This could allow the execution of arbitrary code if untrusted input is displayed within a dialog.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1431-1
CVE-2007-6183
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): ruby-gnome2
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for ruby-gnome2 MDVSA-2008:033 (ruby-gnome2)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_033.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2007-4216
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_4216_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2007-4229
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_4229_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-3249
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3249_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-3283
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3283_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-6127
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6127_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-6491
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6491_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-8399
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8399_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-9667
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9667_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-11551
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_11551_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-09 (ruby-gtk2)
File : nvt/glsa_200712_09.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1431-1 (ruby-gnome2)
File : nvt/deb_1431_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40774 Ruby-GNOME2 gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c Gtk::MessageDialog.new() Function Fo...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-033.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-4216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-4229.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200712-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453689
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200623
http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html
http://osvdb.org/40774
http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/trunk/g...
http://secunia.com/advisories/27825
http://secunia.com/advisories/27975
http://secunia.com/advisories/28022
http://secunia.com/advisories/28060
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3407
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:033
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38757
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg0021...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg0025...
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