BitlBee multiple unspecified security bypass
| bitlbee-multiple-unspecified-security-bypass (45132) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee could allow a remote attacker to use unknown attack vectors to bypass security restrictions and possibly hijack sessions to overwrite existing accounts.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of BitlBee (1.2.3 or later), available from the BitlBee Web site. See References.
References:
- BitlBee Changelog: Version 1.2.3 (released 2008-09-07) hilights.
- BitlBee News, 2008-09-07 14:24 UTC: BitlBee 1.2.3, unfortunately another important bugfix.
- BitlBee Web site: Download.
- oss-security Mailing List, Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:36:08 +0200 : Re: CVE request for bitlbee .
- oss-security Mailing List, Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:39:37 -0400 (EDT) : Re: CVE request for bitlbee .
- BID-31342: BitlBee Unspecified Security Bypass Variant Vulnerability
- 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.
- GLSA-200809-14: BitlBee: Security bypass
Platforms Affected:
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.71
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.72
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.73
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.74
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.74 A
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.80
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.81 A
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.81
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.82
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.83
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.84
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.85
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.85 A
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.90
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.90 A
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.91
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.92
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.93 A
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.93
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 0.99
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.0
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.0.1
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.0.2
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.0.3
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.0.4
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.1 Dev
- Bitlbee Bitlbee 1.1.1 Dev
- BitlBee BitlBee 1.1.1
- BitlBee BitlBee 1.2
- BitlBee BitlBee 1.2.1
- Gentoo Linux
Reported:
Sep 10, 2008
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