CVE-2016-8217

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: February 3, 2017 at 07:24 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBSAFE Crypto-J

Using RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2 by N/A?

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.2.2
Affected range stops below 6.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95831
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037732

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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