Bug 1363715 (CVE-2016-2379)

Summary:	CVE-2016-2379 pidgin: Eavesdropping hashed password when logging
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, debarshir, itamar, jskarvad, jsynacek, mbarnes, stu
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-08-03 12:14:35 UTC

An attacker who eavesdrops on a Mxit session can capture the user's hashed password and this hashed password can be re-used to login as that user.

According to upstream, this is a fundamental problem with the Mxit protocol and cannot be fixed.

External Reference:

https://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=95
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0122/