UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2379
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2379, http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0122/, https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2379
Affected packages
Package
Name: pidgin
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
