CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3969
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• bitlbee bitlbee (< 1.2.3)
• fedoraproject fedora 8
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory