Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU85596

Input validation error in RSA BSAFE Crypto-C and RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite - CVE-2020-29508

Published: January 19, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85596

CSH Severity: Medium

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-2020-29508

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

RSA BSAFE Crypto-C
RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite

How to mitigate CVE-2020-29508

Install updates from vendor's website.

RSA BSAFE Crypto-C - update to 4.1.5
RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite - update to 4.6

External References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/nl-nl/000181115/dsa-2020-286-dell-bsafe-crypto-c-micro-edition-4-1-5-and-dell-bsafe-micro-edition-suite-4-6-multiple-security-vulnerabilities

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