Denial of service in RSA BSAFE Cert-C - CVE-2017-4981
Published: June 20, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7124
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4981
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
RSA BSAFE Cert-C
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4981
Update to version 2.9.0.5.