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CVE-2008-3969

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee before 1.2.3 allow remote attackers to "overwrite" and "hijack" existing accounts via unknown vectors related to "inconsistent handling of the USTATUS_IDENTIFIED state." NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3920.

Published

2008-09-11T01:13:47.743

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	bitlbee	bitlbee	< 1.2.3	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	8	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)