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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1187

CVE-2012-1187

Description

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

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Affected products

3

Bitlbee/Bitlbee3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 3.0.4

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References

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bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/852nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1187nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1187nvdBroken Link

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