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BitlBee Account Recreation Security Issues
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31633
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Release Date:
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2008-08-27
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Last Update:
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2008-09-11
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Popularity:
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1,749 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Hijacking
Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | BitlBee 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3920
CVE-2008-3969
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Description:
Some security issues have been reported in BitlBee, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and hijack accounts.
The security issues are caused due to unspecified errors, which can be exploited to overwrite existing accounts.
The security issues are reported in versions prior to 1.2.3.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.3.
http://bitlbee.org/main.php/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-09-08: Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections with new version information due to an incomplete fix in the previous release. Added CVE reference.
2008-09-11: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html
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