PT-2018-17301 · Tinder · Tinder Android App+1

Erez Yalon · Published 2018-01-24 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-6018

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Tinder iOS app (affected versions not specified) Tinder Android app (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows an attacker to extract private sensitive information by sniffing network traffic due to fixed sizes of HTTPS responses.

Recommendations For Tinder iOS app, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue, if available. For Tinder Android app, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue, if available. As a temporary workaround, consider using a virtual private network (VPN) to encrypt network traffic and minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-319

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6018

Affected Products

Tinder Android App

Tinder Ios App

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6018 · Security Note
• https://wired.com/story/tinder-lack-of-encryption-lets-strangers-spy-on-swipes · Note
• https://checkmarx.com/2018/01/23/tinder-someone-may-watching-swipe-2 · Note