PT-2017-8046 · Mxit · Mxit

Publicado 2017-03-29 · Atualizado 2017-04-10 · CVE-2016-2379

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

Alta

Vetor base

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mxit (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the Mxit protocol, which uses weak encryption for user passwords. This weakness might allow attackers to decrypt hashed passwords by leveraging knowledge of client registration codes. Alternatively, attackers could gain login access by eavesdropping on login messages and re-using the hashed passwords.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Enumeração de Fraquezas

CWE-326

Identificadores relacionados

CVE-2016-2379

Produtos afetados

Mxit

Referências · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2379 · Nota de Segurança
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2379 · Nota de Segurança
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2379 · Aviso do Fabricante
• https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95 · Aviso do Fabricante
• http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0122 · Nota
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2379 · Aviso do Fabricante
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91335 · Nota