MEDIUM
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
Published Sep 10, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.41%
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 products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.41% 0.02407
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02407
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02407) | 83.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02407) | 81.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00814) | 72.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00685) | 80.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.66% (0.00660) | 78.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.66% (0.00660) | 76.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31690 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31991 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/08/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/11 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31342 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461424 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45132 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00587.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 9, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3969
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a