CVE-2008-4796 describes a command execution flaw in the Snoopy library. A similar fix exists for headers:
http://snoopy.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/snoopy/Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php?view=log#rev1.27
The header fix has been assigned CVE-2008-7313 (as an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796).
It was later reported that the CVE-2008-4796 fix was incomplete and command execution was still possible:
http://mstrokin.com/sec/feed2js-magpierss-0day-vulnerability-not-really-it-is-actually-cve-2005-3330-cve-2008-4796/
And fixed with the following:
http://snoopy.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/snoopy/Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php?view=log#rev1.28
This has been assigned CVE-2014-5008 (as an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796).
However, the CVE-2014-5008 fix was also incomplete:
https://github.com/cogdog/feed2js/pull/12#issuecomment-48283706
This was fixed with the following:
http://snoopy.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/snoopy/Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php?view=log#rev1.29
And assigned CVE-2014-5009 (as an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-5008).
References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/11
Snoopy allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-5008.
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It's possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change.
An unsafe file opening/creation of logging files that can be misused for root privilege escalation was found in base/logging.c.
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4