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SCA: security update for gtk2 (GHSA-xgj6-pgrm-x4r2)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422272

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2007-6183)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgj6-pgrm-x4r2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422272

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6183

BID: 26616

cwe: CWE-134