CVE-2019-3740 Information disclosure in RSA BSAFE Crypto-J

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A timing side-channel in DSA key generation allows remote attackers to recover private keys, impacting users of the RSA BSAFE Crypto-J library.

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-2019-3740?

CVE-2019-3740 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 an Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy vulnerabilities during DSA key generation. A malicious remote attacker could potentially exploit those vulnerabilities to recover DSA keys.

Weakness: CWE-203, CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3740?

It affects 18 products.

Products include Dell Bsafe Cert-J, Dell Bsafe Crypto-J, Dell Bsafe Ssl-J, Oracle Application Performance Management, Oracle Communications Network Integrity, Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management and 12 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3740?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-3740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7mmw-x6rm-hmr8.

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