CVE-2008-3969

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    CVE-2008-3969

    Published: 11 Sept 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High