CVE-2008-3969

NameCVE-2008-3969
DescriptionMultiple 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs498159

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bitlbee (PTS)bullseye3.6-1.2fixed
bookworm3.6-1.3fixed
sid3.6-1.4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bitlbeesourceetch(not affected)
bitlbeesource(unstable)1.2.3-1498159

Notes

[etch] - bitlbee <not-affected> (1.0.x not affected)

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