Denial of service in RSA BSAFE Cert-C - CVE-2017-4981

 

Denial of service in RSA BSAFE Cert-C - CVE-2017-4981

Published: June 20, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7124
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4981
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
RSA BSAFE Cert-C

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-4981

Update to version 2.9.0.5.

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