CVE-2020-5359

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-544

Description

Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.5, are vulnerable to an Unchecked Return Value Vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to modify and corrupt the encrypted data.

Affected products

Dell RSA BSAFE MES: before 4.5 — fixed in 4.5
Oracle Database: 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c, 19c
Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-In: 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell RSA BSAFE MES 4.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000181098/dsa-2020-114-dell-bsafe-micro-edition-suite-multiple-security-vulnerabilities
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000181098/dsa-2020-114-dell-bsafe-micro-edition-suite-multiple-security-vulnerabilities
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

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