CVE-2016-8217
mediumpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2 has a PKCS#12 Timing Attack Vulnerability. A possible timing attack could be carried out by modifying a PKCS#12 file that has an integrity MAC for which the password is not known. An attacker could then feed the modified PKCS#12 file to the toolkit and guess the current MAC one byte at a time. This is possible because Crypto-J uses a non-constant-time method to compare the stored MAC with the calculated MAC. This vulnerability is similar to the issue described in CVE-2015-2601.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.4–4.3
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affected products (2)
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- n/a RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2≤ RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2enisa_euvdEU
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references (10)
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- http://www.emc.com/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threadedcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037732cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95831cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95831enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037732enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threadedMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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