bip before 0.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an empty USER command.

published 2010-10-12 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-3073

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.0%; EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 1

bip Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3071

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3071 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 5.0

Bip: Remote Dos (crash) by exchanging user credentials

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052992.html
vendor-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/42889
third-party-advisory
vupen.com /english/advisories/2011/0096
vdb-entry
bip.t1r.net /
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2010/09/05/1
mailing-list
bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595409
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=630437
securityfocus.com /bid/42995
vdb-entry
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/6
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-3071
NVD CVE-2010-3071

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Summary