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TITLE:
Ruby-GNOME2 "Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27825

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27825/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ruby-GNOME2 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/16718/

DESCRIPTION:
Chris Rohlf has reported a vulnerability in Ruby-GNOME2, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an
application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
"Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" method in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c and
can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a
specially crafted string is passed to the affected function.

NOTE: Exploitation and impact of this vulnerability depend on how an
application uses the affected function of the vulnerable library.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.16.0. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.
http://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ruby-gnome2?view=rev&revision=2720

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chris Rohlf

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html

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