Gentoo: GLSA-200712-09 Normal Severity: Ruby-GNOME2 Code Execution Risk
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December 9, 2007
A format string error has been discovered in Ruby-GNOME2, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-09
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Ruby-GNOME2: Format string error
Date: December 09, 2007
Bugs: #200623
ID: 200712-09
Synopsis
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A format string error has been discovered in Ruby-GNOME2, possibly
leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Ruby-GNOME2 is a set of bindings for using GTK+ within the Ruby
programming language.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-ruby/ruby-gtk2 < 0.16.0-r2 >= 0.16.0-r2
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Chris Rohlf discovered that the "Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" method in
the file gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialo...Read the Full Advisory
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