CVE-2014-0628
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe server in EMC RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite (MES) 4.0.x before 4.0.5 does not properly process certificate chains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe RSA BSAFE MES server fails to properly validate/process certificate chains, causing a daemon crash when malformed or specially crafted certificate chains are processed. This is a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in the cryptographic library used by applications requiring certificate handling.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.0.0= 4.0.1= 4.0.2= 4.0.3= 4.0.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Dell BSAFE MES is installedLocate the Dell Bsafe Micro Edition Suite installation on the system, typically in the application directory or library path where cryptographic libraries are storedAffected if The product is present on the system
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Determine the installed BSAFE MES versionUse the product's built-in version check command, consult the software inventory, or examine the library/manifest files associated with the installation to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if The version is 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, or 4.0.4
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Identify services or applications using BSAFE for certificate processingReview running processes or configurations that invoke the BSAFE library for certificate chain validation, such as servers, authentication services, or any application configured to process X.509 certificate chainsAffected if A service that uses BSAFE for certificate handling is active and exposed to network requests or untrusted certificate input
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Check for crash logs or daemon failures related to certificate processingExamine system logs, application logs, or event logs for entries indicating crashes, segfaults, or abnormal terminations occurring during certificate chain validation operationsAffected if Recent crashes correspond to certificate chain processing timestamps and the version is in the affected range
A user is affected if Dell BSAFE MES versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4 are installed and any service uses the library to process certificate chains, potentially exposed to remote malformed certificate input.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate RSA BSAFE MES to version 4.0.5 or later to obtain the certificate chain validation fix. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict network exposure of services using BSAFE for certificate processing.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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