PT-2019-6747 · Bitlbee · Bitlbee

Vincent Danen · Published 2019-10-29 · Updated 2019-10-31 · CVE-2012-1187

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bitlbee (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to Bitlbee not dropping extra group privileges correctly in the unix.c file. This could potentially lead to security problems, although specific details about exploitation or affected devices are not provided.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-273

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1187

Affected Products

Bitlbee

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1187 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1187 · Note
• https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/852 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7743 · Telegram Post
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1187 · Note