# CVE-2013-6078: The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-06-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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