EUVD-2025-210066
GHSA-wfr4-8j34-xj5h
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorVendor: dell
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Dell BSAFE SSL-J contains an allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
AnalysisAI
Denial of service in Dell BSAFE SSL-J allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust resources on systems using the cryptographic library, rendering affected services unavailable. The flaw stems from CWE-770 (allocation of resources without limits or throttling) and carries a CVSS 7.5 score reflecting network-reachable, no-privilege exploitation with high availability impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Technical ContextAI
Dell BSAFE SSL-J is a Java-based TLS/SSL toolkit derived from the legacy RSA BSAFE cryptographic library, widely embedded in enterprise Java applications, middleware, and Dell products to provide FIPS-validated SSL/TLS connectivity. The root cause is CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling), a class of weakness where a component accepts attacker-influenced input that triggers unbounded memory, CPU, thread, or connection-state allocation; in TLS stacks this typically manifests during handshake parsing, session/state management, or buffer allocation prior to authentication. Per the CPE (cpe:2.3:a:dell:bsafe_ssl-j) the affected component is the application library itself rather than a specific Dell appliance, meaning impact propagates to any downstream product or in-house Java service that links the vulnerable SSL-J version.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory - upgrade Dell BSAFE SSL-J to the fixed release identified in Dell DSA-2025-432 (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000398976/dsa-2025-432-security-update-for-dell-bsafe-ssl-j-vulnerability); the exact patched version is not enumerated in the provided data, so retrieve it directly from the advisory and update both standalone deployments and any bundled Dell products that ship SSL-J. As a compensating control until patching completes, place TLS endpoints that use SSL-J behind a hardened reverse proxy or load balancer that enforces connection rate limits, handshake timeouts, and per-source-IP throttling so resource-exhaustion traffic is absorbed upstream - trade-off is added latency and operational complexity, plus the proxy must terminate TLS to be effective. Where feasible, restrict network exposure of SSL-J-fronted services to known client ranges via firewall ACLs and monitor for abnormal volumes of incomplete or stalled TLS handshakes as an early indicator of exploitation attempts.
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