PT-2017-8046 · Mxit · Mxit

Published 2017-03-29 · Updated 2017-04-10 · CVE-2016-2379

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-326

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2379

Affected Products

Mxit

References · 8

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