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CVE-2008-3969
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee before 1.2.3 allow remote attackers to "overwrite" and "hijack" existing accounts via…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20080908 Re: CVE request for bitlbee (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7761 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 31342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE request for bitlbee (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- bitlbee-multiple-unspecified-security-bypass(45132) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200809-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31690 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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