Vulnerability CVE-2008-3969
Published: 2008-09-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Bitlbee -> Bitlbee 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45132
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31991
http://secunia.com/advisories/31690
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top