Ruby-GNOME2: Format string error

Ruby-GNOME2: Format string error A format string error has been discovered in Ruby-GNOME2, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code. ruby-gtk2 2007-12-09 2007-12-09 200623 remote 0.16.0-r2 0.16.0-r2

Ruby-GNOME2 is a set of bindings for using GTK+ within the Ruby programming language.

Chris Rohlf discovered that the "Gtk::MessageDialog.new()" method in the file gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c does not properly sanitize the "message" parameter before passing it to the gtk_message_dialog_new() function.

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted string to an application using Ruby-GNOME2, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Ruby-GNOME2 users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/ruby-gtk2-0.16.0-r2"

CVE-2007-6183 rbu p-y p-y