GLSA 200809-14: BitlBee: Security bypass

Severity:normal
Title:BitlBee: Security bypass
Date:09/23/2008
Bugs: #236160
ID:200809-14

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-im/bitlbee < 1.2.3 >= 1.2.3 All supported architectures

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

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-14.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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