CVE-2019-3738 Weak cryptography in RSA BSAFE Crypto-J

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A flaw in RSA BSAFE Crypto-J allows attackers to force predictable shared keys, compromising cryptographic security.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-3738?

CVE-2019-3738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management, published on 18 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.5 are vulnerable to a Missing Required Cryptographic Step vulnerability. A malicious remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to coerce two parties into computing the same predictable shared key.

Weakness: CWE-347, CWE-325

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3738?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Dell Bsafe Cert-J, Dell Bsafe Crypto-J, Dell Bsafe Ssl-J, Mcafee Threat Intelligence Exchange Server, Oracle Application Performance Management, Oracle Communications Network Integrity and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3738?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-3738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vq8w-mhc4-p67j.

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