Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-2379
high
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.
References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95