SB2017062004 - Denial of service in EMC RSA BSAFE Cert-C
Published: June 20, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017062004
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4981)
CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to faulty certificate processing logic. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate and cause RSA BSAFE Cert-C to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.