MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-3740

Bsafe Cert J vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.5 are vulnerable to an Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy vulnerabilities during DSA key generation. A malicious remote attacker could potentially exploit those vulnerabilities to recover DSA keys.
Affected vendor
Dell
Affected product
Bsafe Cert J
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-09-18

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-3740

  • Confirm whether Dell Bsafe Cert J is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-3740.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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