Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Snoopy before 2.0.0 has a security hole in exec cURL

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Snoopy allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-5008.

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First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Snoopy allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

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First published (updated )
Severity
4

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4796 to the following vulnerability:

The httpsrequest function (Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php) in Snoopy 1.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in https URLs. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forumid=879959 http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN20502807/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000074.html http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2901 http://secunia.com/advisories/32361

First published (updated )

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