CVE catalog
CVE-2016-2379
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2379
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 14.04 | 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | pidgin | 16.04 | 1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: