Covert timing attack in RSA BSAFE SSL-J - CVE-2018-11070

 

Covert timing attack in RSA BSAFE SSL-J - CVE-2018-11070

Published: September 8, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14705
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11070
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
RSA BSAFE SSL-J

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a network attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to covert time attack. A remote attacker can conduct a Bleichenbacher covert timing attack on PKCS #1 unpadding operations and obtain the RSA private key.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-11070

Update to version 6.2.4.

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