Upstream information
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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 SP2 | pidgin | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | pidgin | Not affected |
| 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 SP2 | pidgin | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | 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 SP2 | pidgin | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | 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 SP2 | pidgin | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | 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 2016CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 16:48:06 2024