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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-200809-14
HistorySep 23, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

BitlBee: Security bypass

2008-09-2300:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
9

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.014 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.4%

Background

BitlBee is an IRC to IM gateway that support multiple IM protocols.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities were reported, including a NULL pointer dereference.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to overwrite existing IM accounts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All BitlBee users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/bitlbee-1.2.3"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-im/bitlbee< 1.2.3UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.014 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.4%