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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.
CVE-2008-4796 medium priority: Ubuntu including 10 source packages (ampache, gforge-plugin-scmcvs, …), 110 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 47, DNE 31, ignored 21, released 9, needs-triage 2.
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.