CVE-2008-3969 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee before 1.2.3 allow remote attackers to "overwrite" and "hijack" existing accounts via unknow
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3969 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-3969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Sep 2008.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3969/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3969/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3969?
CVE-2008-3969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Sep 2008.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee before 1.2.3 allow remote attackers to "overwrite" and "hijack" existing accounts via unknown vectors related to "inconsistent handling of the USTATUS_IDENTIFIED state." NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3920.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3969?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Bitlbee Bitlbee, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3969?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-3969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
- CVE-2012-1187 Privilege escalation in Bitlbee
- CVE-2016-10188 Use after free in n/a
- CVE-2017-5668 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2016-10189 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2008-3920 Unspecified vulnerability in BitlBee before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to "recreate" and "hijack" existing accounts via unspecified vectors.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3969, GHSA-cm46-p4pg-4w4f.