Upstream information

CVE-2016-2379 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.3
Vector AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 984655 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 991721 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 pidgin Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 pidgin Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 21 13:19:03 2016
CVE page last modified: Mon Jun 26 14:28:15 2023