CVE-2013-6078 Information

Description

The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging unspecified \security concerns\ aka the ESA-2013-068 issue. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2007-6755 because the vendor announcement did not state a specific technical rationale for a change in the algorithm; thus CVE cannot reach a conclusion that a CVE-2007-6755 concern was the reason or one of the reasons for this change.

Reference

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/stop-using-nsa-influence-code-in-our-product-rsa-tells-customers/ http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/09/rsa-warns-developers-against-its-own.html http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-332655/ http://threatpost.com/in-wake-of-latest-crypto-revelations-everything-is-suspect