Bug 460355 (CVE-2008-3920) - Bitlbee 1.2.2 was released, update required
Summary: Bitlbee 1.2.2 was released, update required
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2008-3920
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: bitlbee
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Robert Scheck
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/timel...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-27 18:26 UTC by Robert Scheck
Modified: 2018-04-11 08:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.2.2-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-08-27 20:55:30 UTC
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Description Robert Scheck 2008-08-27 18:26:13 UTC
Description of problem:
Bitlbee 1.2.2 was released, see the following changelog:

Version 1.2.2:
- Security bugfix: It was possible to hijack accounts (without gaining access
  to the old account, it's simply an overwrite)
- Some more stability improvements.
- Fixed bug where people with non-lowercase nicks couldn't drop their account.
- Easier upgrades of non-forking daemon mode servers (using the DEAF
  command).
- Can be cross-compiled for Win32 now! (No support for SSL yet though, which
  makes it less useful for now.)
- Exponential backoff on auto-reconnect.
- Changing passwords gives less confusing feedback ("password is empty") now.

Finished 26 Aug 2008

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
bitlbee-1.2.1-1

Actual results:
bitlbee-1.2.1-1

Expected results:
bitlbee-1.2.2-1 ;-)

Additional info:
I know, there's a security fix inside, but I'm unable to identify that one.

Comment 1 Robert Scheck 2008-08-27 20:55:30 UTC
Package: bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc10 Tag: dist-f10 Status: complete
Package: bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc9 Tag: dist-f9-updates-candidate Status: complete
Package: bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc8 Tag: dist-f8-updates-candidate Status: complete

Build Result: 40 - bitlbee on fedora-5-epel
Build Result: 41 - bitlbee on fedora-4-epel

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-08-27 20:59:41 UTC
bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc8

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-08-27 20:59:50 UTC
bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc9

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-09-05 12:21:09 UTC
bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Tomas Hoger 2008-09-05 15:11:33 UTC
Security fix in bitlbee 1.2.2 addressing account hijack issue was assigned CVE id CVE-2008-3920:

Unspecified vulnerability in BitlBee before 1.2.2 allows remote
attackers to "recreate" and "hijack" existing accounts via unspecified
vectors.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 06:43:59 UTC
bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 07:02:32 UTC
bitlbee-1.2.2-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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