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CVE-2016-0887

Published: Apr 12, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
NVD MITRE
5.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.5%
Top 12.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

n/an/a
bsafe crypto-c-micro-editiondell
On-premLibrary
Enterprise Software
bsafe crypto-jdell
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
bsafe micro-edition-suitedell
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
bsafe ssl-cdell
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
dellcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka dell technologies
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/66
seclists.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035515
securitytracker.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538055/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 12, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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