CVE-2008-3969
N/A
Published: September 10, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraBitlbee
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.2.3
Affected range stops below 1.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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