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CVE-2008-3969

18
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31690
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31991
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45132
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html
Third Party Advisory
bitlbee.org / main.php/changelog.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
bitlbee.org / main.php/news.r.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/31342
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry