# CVE-2021-21575: Information disclosure in BSAFE Micro Edition Suite

> An attacker can exploit timing discrepancies in the library to potentially disclose sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c7rp-5prq-c624

## What is CVE-2021-21575?

CVE-2021-21575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, published on 2 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions before 4.5.2, contain an Observable Timing Discrepancy Vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy), CWE-208 (Observable Timing Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21575?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Bsafe Micro-Edition-Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-21575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21575 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-21575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite

- [CVE-2024-48014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48014/): Memory corruption in BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-26184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26184/): Security feature bypass in Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-26185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26185/): Memory corruption in Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-5360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5360/): Memory corruption in Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-3730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3730/): Information disclosure in RSA BSAFE MES (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-21575 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-21575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, published on 2 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite. 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-2021-21575/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21575/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21575
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21575
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21575

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21575/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.