THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-0887
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-0887

Bsafe Crypto C Micro Edition vulnerability

CVSS
5.9
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
EMC 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.
Affected vendor
Dell
Affected product
Bsafe Crypto C Micro Edition
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2016-04-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-0887

  • Confirm whether Dell Bsafe Crypto C Micro Edition is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-0887.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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