CVE-2019-3739 — RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6
RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.5 are vulnerable to Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy vulnerabilities during ECDSA key generation. A malicious remote attacker could potentially exploit those vulnerabilities to recover ECDSA keys.
Published
2019-09-18T23:15:11.110
Last modified
2026-10-08T22:16:54.777
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
RSA BSAFE Crypto-J versions prior to 6.2.5 are vulnerable to Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy vulnerabilities during ECDSA key generation. A malicious remote attacker could potentially exploit those vulnerabilities to recover ECDSA keys.
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
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: 2019-09-18T23:15:11.110
- Last modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:54.777
09References
- www.dell.com — https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/DOC-106556/DSA-2019-094-RSA-…
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- www.dell.com — https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/DOC-106556/DSA-2019-094-RSA-…
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
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