PT-2008-5299 · Bitlbee · Bitlbee

Tero Marttila · Published 2008-09-10 · Updated 2020-07-14 · CVE-2008-3969

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BitlBee versions prior to 1.2.3

Description The issue is related to inconsistent handling of the USTATUS IDENTIFIED state, allowing remote attackers to overwrite and hijack existing accounts via unknown vectors.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.3, update to version 1.2.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3969

Affected Products

Bitlbee

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3969 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3969 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3969 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3969 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31342 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 · Note