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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59949
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 7 FEDORA-2007-4229 (ruby-gnome2)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to ruby-gnome2
announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-4229.

Update Information:

Fix CVE-2007-6183, format string vulnerability

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #402871 - CVE-2007-6183 ruby-gnome2: format string vulnerability
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871
[ 2 ] Bug #405591 - CVE-2007-6183 ruby-gnome2: format string vulnerability [f7]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=405591

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update ruby-gnome2'
at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software
with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-4229

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6183
BugTraq ID: 26616
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26616
Bugtraq: 20071127 Ruby/Gnome2 0.16.0 Format String Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484240/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1431 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1431
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00214.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00251.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:033
http://em386.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-favorite-better-than-c-scripting.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=402871
http://osvdb.org/40774
http://secunia.com/advisories/27825
http://secunia.com/advisories/27975
http://secunia.com/advisories/28022
http://secunia.com/advisories/28060
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3407
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4022
XForce ISS Database: rubygnome2-mdiaginitialize-format-string(38757)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38757
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