BitlBee before 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request for a contact that is not in the contact list.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade bitlbee | Mar 31, 2017 | Mar 11, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade bitlbeeUpgrade bitlbee-develUpgrade bitlbee-debugsourceUpgrade bitlbee-docUpgrade bitlbee-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2017 | Mar 11, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 14, 2017 |
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