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Fedora 8 : bitlbee-1.2.3-1.fc8 (2008-7761)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34174

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Upstream released Bitlbee 1.2.3 with the following changes to the former release: - Fixed one more flaw similar to the previous hijacking bug, caused by inconsistent handling of the USTATUS_IDENTIFIED state. All code touching these variables was reviewed and should be correct now. Finished 7 Sep 2008

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected bitlbee package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424

http://www.nessus.org/u?13315e0c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34174

File Name: fedora_2008-7761.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bitlbee, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3969

CWE: 264, 399

FEDORA: 2008-7761