National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4796
Original release date:10/30/2008
Last revised:08/26/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 31887
Type: Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1691
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=879959
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: snoopy-snoopyclass-command-execution(46068)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080907 xoops-1.3.10 shell command execute vulnerability ( causing snoopy class )
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081101 CVE-2008-4796: snoopy triage
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2901
Type: Advisory
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1871
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32361
Type: Advisory
External Source: JVNDB
Name: JVNDB-2008-000074
External Source: JVN
Name: JVN#20502807