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GLSA-200809-14 : BitlBee: Security bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 34272

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200809-14 (BitlBee: Security bypass)

 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.

Solution

All BitlBee users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/bitlbee-1.2.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200809-14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34272

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200809-14.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 9/24/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:bitlbee, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3920, CVE-2008-3969

CWE: 264, 399

GLSA: 200809-14