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CVE-2015-0537

9.8 · CRITICAL

Integer underflow in the base64-decoding implementation in EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (Crypto-C ME) before 4…

Published Aug 20, 2015dellCWE-191EPSS 2.64%

Overview

CVE-2015-0537 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting dell bsafe. It was published on August 20, 2015 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Integer underflow in the base64-decoding implementation in EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (Crypto-C ME) before 4.0.4 and 4.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted base64 data, a similar issue to CVE-2015-0292.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from dell. Update bsafe to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
dellbsafe>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.8Affected
dellbsafe_crypto-c>= 0, < 4.0.4Affected
dellbsafe_ssl-c0Affected

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-0537?

CVE-2015-0537 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting dell bsafe. It was published on August 20, 2015 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2015-0537?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2015-0537?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from dell. Update bsafe to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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