CVE-2018-11070 Weak cryptography in RSA BSAFE Crypto-J
A remote attacker can recover RSA keys via a timing channel attack in RSA BSAFE libraries, compromising encrypted data confidentiality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11070?
CVE-2018-11070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J, published on 11 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.4 and RSA BSAFE SSL-J versions prior to 6.2.4 contain a Covert Timing Channel vulnerability during PKCS #1 unpadding operations, also known as a Bleichenbacher attack. A remote attacker may be able to recover a RSA key.
Weakness: CWE-327
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11070?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Dell Bsafe Crypto-J, Dell Rsa Bsafe Ssl-J.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11070?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11070 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-11070 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11070 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J
- CVE-2022-34381 Supply chain in Dell BSAFE Crypto-J
- CVE-2016-8212 Security feature bypass in RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2
- CVE-2025-26333 Information disclosure in BSAFE Crypto-J
- CVE-2016-8217 Information disclosure in RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-92wr-j974-xw8j.