CVE-2008-4796

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2008-4796 · Published 30/10/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nagios nagios	`< 4.2.2`	`4.2.2`
snoopy snoopy_project	`≤ 1.2.3`	No fix yet
wordpress wordpress	`< 2.6.3`	`2.6.3`

Description

The _httpsrequest function (Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php) in Snoopy 1.2.3 and earlier, as used in (1) ampache, (2) libphp-snoopy, (3) mahara, (4) mediamate, (5) opendb, (6) pixelpost, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in https URLs.

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN20502807/index.html · Third Party Advisory
jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000074.html · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/32361 · Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php · Broken Link
debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/1 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/archive/1/496068/100/0/threaded · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/31887 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2901 · Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46068 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 · Third Party Advisory
nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x · Third Party Advisory

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