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CVE-2016-2379

Date: March 29, 2017

The Mxit protocol uses weak encryption when encrypting user passwords, which might allow attackers to (1) decrypt hashed passwords by leveraging knowledge of client registration codes or (2) gain login access by eavesdropping on login messages and re-using the hashed passwords.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2379
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0122/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2379
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2379
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2379

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Inadequate Encryption Strength

CWE-326

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): ADJACENT
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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