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bitlbee -- account recreation security issues

Affected packages
		bitlbee	<	1.2.3

Details

VuXML ID	24ec781b-8c11-11dd-9923-0016d325a0ed
Discovery	2008-08-27
Entry	2008-09-26
Modified	2008-10-03

Secunia reports:

Some security issues have been reported in BitlBee, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and hijack accounts.

The security issues are caused due to unspecified errors, which can be exploited to overwrite existing accounts.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2008-3920
CVE Name	CVE-2008-3969
URL	http://secunia.com/advisories/31633/