CVE-2016-8217

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.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2016-8217

• Assigner
• security_alert@emc.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2017-02-03T07:59:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2021-12-16T18:44:44

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 4.3

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 2.9

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• LOW

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 3.7

• Base Severity
• LOW

• Exploitability Score
• 2.2

• Impact Score
• 1.4