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TITLE:
BitlBee Account Recreation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31633

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31633/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Hijacking, Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
BitlBee 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/19663/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in BitlBee, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and hijack
accounts.

The security issue is caused due to an unspecified error which can be
exploited to overwrite existing accounts.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.2.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.2.
http://bitlbee.org/main.php/download.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html

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