CVE-2008-3969 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in BitlBee versions prior to 1.2.3, affecting BitlBee and Fedora distributions. These flaws, stemming from an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3920, allow remote attackers to overwrite and hijack existing accounts due to inconsistent handling of the USTATUS_IDENTIFIED state. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, no authentication required, and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.