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

CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.6%

Published: 2019-10-29 15:00
Updated: 2026-10-23 21:02
Exploit status: No public exploit known

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Description

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

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
debian/bitlbee(Debian:12)	< 3.0.4+bzr855-1	3.0.4+bzr855-1
debian/bitlbee(Debian:13)	< 3.0.4+bzr855-1	3.0.4+bzr855-1
bitlbee	= 3.0.4	No fix listed

References

Debian Security Tracker CVE-2012-1187 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com issue-tracking third-party-advisory
access.redhat.com broken-link
bugs.bitlbee.org third-party-advisory

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

All scores (3)

v3.1 9.8 · nvd@nist.gov
v3.1 9.8 · osv:debian
v2.0 7.5 · nvd@nist.gov

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 1.65% (percentile 76.8)
CWE: CWE-273

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.