CVE-2018-11055 — RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4

RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.0.11 (in 4.0.x) and prior to 4.1.6.1 (in 4.1.x), contains an Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection') vulnerability. Decoded PKCS #12 data in heap memory is not zeroized by MES before releasin

01What is this vulnerability?

RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, versions prior to 4.0.11 (in 4.0.x) and prior to 4.1.6.1 (in 4.1.x), contains an Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection') vulnerability. Decoded PKCS #12 data in heap memory is not zeroized by MES before releasing the memory internally and a malicious local user could gain access to the unauthorized data by doing heap inspection.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
RSA	BSAFE Micro Edition Suite	unspecified, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-31T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.580Z

09References

• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/46
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
• www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html