FrSIRT - MagpieRSS "httpsrequest" Function Remote Command Execution Issue / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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MagpieRSS "httpsrequest" Function Remote Command Execution Issue

Title : MagpieRSS "httpsrequest" Function Remote Command Execution Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-2335
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3330
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-07

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in MagpieRSS, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "_httpsrequest" function of Snoopy when passing malformed URLs to the "exec()" call, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted URL. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-2202

ChangeLog

2005-11-07 : Initial release

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