CVE-2008-3969
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31690Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31991Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342Advisory