CVE-2016-0887

Summary

CVECVE-2016-0887
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-12 23:59:31 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionEMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dell Bsafe Crypto-c-micro-edition All All All All
Application Dell Bsafe Crypto-c-micro-edition All All All All
Application Dell Bsafe Crypto-j All All All All
Application Dell Bsafe Micro-edition-suite All All All All
Application Dell Bsafe Micro-edition-suite All All All All
Application Dell Bsafe Ssl-c All All All All
Application Dell Bsafe Ssl-j All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RSA BSAFE Crypto-J 'ServerKeyExchange' Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Private Keys on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bugtraq: ESA-2016-013: RSA BSAFE® Micro Edition Suite, Crypto-C Micro Edition, Crypto-J, SSL-J and SSL-C Lenstra’s Attack Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
RSA BSAFE SSL-J 'ServerKeyExchange' Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Private Keys on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
RSA BSAFE Lenstra's Attack ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition 'ServerKeyExchange' Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Private Keys on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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