CVE-2008-3969

BitlBee < 1.2.3 - Account Hijacking via USTATUS_IDENTIFIED State Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31991
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31690

Scores

EPSS 0.0241
EPSS Percentile 82.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
bitlbee/bitlbee < 1.2.3
fedoraproject/fedora 8
Published Sep 11, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026