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Gentoo: GLSA-202309-18 Normal: NexusServer Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2008
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Weaknesses in BitlBee on Gentoo permit evasion of protections, enabling account takeovers. Immediate updates advised to maintain security.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Bitlbee may allow to bypass security restrictions and hijack accounts.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-14 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: BitlBee: Security bypass Date: September 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/bitlbee < 1.2.3 >= 1.2.3
========== Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities were reported, including a NULL pointer dereference.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to overwr...

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