# CVE-2018-11068: Information disclosure in RSA BSAFE SSL-J

> An attacker with physical access can recover sensitive key material from RSA BSAFE SSL-J due to improper cleanup of memory.

- **Severity:** Low 3.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-458x-mgv4-wcmj

## What is CVE-2018-11068?

CVE-2018-11068 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC RSA BSAFE SSL-J, published on 11 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

RSA BSAFE SSL-J versions prior to 6.2.4 contain a Heap Inspection vulnerability that could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to recover sensitive key material.

Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11068?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Bsafe Ssl-J.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11068?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11068 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC RSA BSAFE SSL-J

- [CVE-2024-29171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29171/): Security feature bypass in Dell BSAFE SSL-J (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-29172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29172/): Denial of service in Dell BSAFE SSL-J (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2022-24409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24409/): Information disclosure in Dell BSAFE SSL-J (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2018-11069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11069/): Weak cryptography in RSA BSAFE SSL-J (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2014-0625](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0625/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11068 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11068 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC RSA BSAFE SSL-J, published on 11 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC RSA BSAFE SSL-J. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11068/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11068/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11068
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11068
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11068

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