CVE-2016-0887

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.5, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME) 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.3, RSA BSAFE Crypto-J before 6.2.1, RSA BSAFE SSL-J before 6.2.1, and RSA BSAFE SSL-C before 2.8.9 allow remote attackers to discover a private-key prime by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack that leverages an application's failure to detect an RSA signature failure during a TLS session.

Affected products

Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition: from 4.0 through 4.0.5.3; from 4.1 through 4.1.2
RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2: before 6.2.1 — fixed in 6.2.1
Dell RSA BSAFE MES: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.11; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.5 — fixed in 4.1.5
Dell Bsafe Ssl-C: before 2.8.9 — fixed in 2.8.9
Dell BSAFE SSL-J: before 6.2.1 — fixed in 6.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2 6.2.1; Dell RSA BSAFE MES 4.1.5; Dell Bsafe Ssl-C 2.8.9; Dell BSAFE SSL-J 6.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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