CVE-2019-3731 — RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition versions prior to 4

RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition versions prior to 4.1.4 and RSA Micro Edition Suite versions prior to 4.4 are vulnerable to an Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy. A malicious remote user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to extract information leaving dat

01What is this vulnerability?

RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition versions prior to 4.1.4 and RSA Micro Edition Suite versions prior to 4.4 are vulnerable to an Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy. A malicious remote user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to extract information leaving data at risk of exposure.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	RSA BSAFE Crypto	C Micro Edition — unspecified
Dell	RSA BSAFE MES	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: 2019-09-30T21:48:40.294Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T23:56:35.629Z

09References

• www.dell.com — https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000194054