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▸ GLSA 200809-14 BitlBee: Security bypass this version unaffected normal remote 2008-09-23

Multiple vulnerabilities in Bitlbee may allow to bypass security restrictions and hijack accounts.

Announced
2008-09-23
Revised
2008-09-23
Access
remote
Bugs
#236160
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200809-14

Affected packages

PackageArchVulnerableUnaffected
net-im/bitlbee*< 1.2.3>= 1.2.3

Background

BitlBee is an IRC to IM gateway that support multiple IM protocols.

Description

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.

Resolution

All BitlBee users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/bitlbee-1.2.3"

References