Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35141

Improper Check for Dropped Privileges in bitlbee - CVE-2012-1187

Published: October 29, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35141

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1187

CWE-ID: CWE-273

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c

bitlbee
Fedora
bitlbee

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bitlbee - addressed in versions 3.2-1.el5, 3.2-1.el6