Remote eavesdropping via covert timing channel
Published Feb 23, 2022 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Covert timing channel in Dell BSAFE SSL-J 5.1 through 6.3 allows remote attackers to eavesdrop on encrypted communications. The affected cryptographic processing leaks information through timing behavior, but Dell has not publicly disclosed the specific code path or operation creating the channel. Exploitation requires high-complexity network observation without authentication or user interaction and can expose sensitive plaintext; integrity and availability impacts are not reported.
Summary
What happened
Covert timing channel in Dell BSAFE SSL-J 5.1 through 6.3 allows remote attackers to eavesdrop on encrypted communications. The affected cryptographic processing leaks information through timing behavior, but Dell has not publicly disclosed the specific code path or operation creating the channel. Exploitation requires high-complexity network observation without authentication or user interaction and can expose sensitive plaintext; integrity and availability impacts are not reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24409
- Published
- Feb 23, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Dell BSAFE SSL-J
- Classifications
- CWE-385
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 23, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.1 <unspecified
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <6.4
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