CVE-2012-1187 : Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c

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

Published 2019-10-29 19:15:13

Updated 2019-10-31 01:27:43

Source Red Hat, Inc.

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Products affected by CVE-2012-1187

Bitlbee » Bitlbee » Version: 3.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.44%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 75 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	10.0	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/852

#852 (Bitlbee does not drop groups correctly in unix.c) – BitlBee
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1187

805299 – (CVE-2012-1187) CVE-2012-1187 bitlbee: does not drop extra group privileges
Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1187

CVE-2012-1187
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1187

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