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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-03-29T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.282Z

Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2379

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-03-29T20:59:00.200

Modified: 2017-04-10T22:16:11.263

Link: CVE-2016-2379

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2379 - Bugzilla