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CVE-2016-8217

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

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 products

• RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2: before 6.2.2 — fixed in 6.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RSA BSAFE Crypto-J RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.2 6.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95831
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037732
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540066/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95831
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037732

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