BitlBee up to 1.2.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in BitlBee. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-3920. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BitlBee. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in BitlBee before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to "recreate" and "hijack" existing accounts via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 09/10/2008. The weakness was presented 09/04/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3920 since 09/04/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34272 (GLSA-200809-14 : BitlBee: Security bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44699), Tenable (34272), SecurityFocus (BID 30858†), OSVDB (47809†) and Secunia (SA31633†). See VDB-43992 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• BitlBee

Version

• 0.71
• 0.72
• 0.73
• 0.74
• 0.80
• 0.81
• 0.82
• 0.83
• 0.84
• 0.85
• 0.90
• 0.91
• 0.92
• 0.93
• 0.99
• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.1.1
• 1.2
• 1.2.1

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 34272
Nessus Name: GLSA-200809-14 : BitlBee: Security bypass
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OpenVAS ID: 61680
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: bitlbee
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: BitlBee 1.1.1

Timelineinfo

08/26/2008 🔍
08/26/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/04/2008 +9 days 🔍
09/04/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/04/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/10/2008 +6 days 🔍
09/23/2008 +13 days 🔍
09/24/2008 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2008 +4 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2361 days 🔍
08/17/2019 +1614 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-3920 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3920
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43913
X-Force: 44699
SecurityFocus: 30858 - BitlBee Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 31633
OSVDB: 47809 - BitlBee multiple unspecified security bypass
Vulnerability Center: 19607 - BitlBee Before 1.2.2 Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker to Conduct Session Hijacking Attack, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 16:57
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (71), 08/17/2019 16:57 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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