Bug 1363715 – CVE-2016-2379 pidgin: Eavesdropping hashed password when logging

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Bug 1363715 - (CVE-2016-2379) CVE-2016-2379 pidgin: Eavesdropping hashed password when logging

Summary:	CVE-2016-2379 pidgin: Eavesdropping hashed password when logging

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-2379

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Blocks:	1348890
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Reported:	2016-08-03 08:14 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2016-08-03 08:14 EDT (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Description Adam Mariš 2016-08-03 08:14:35 EDT

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/

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