PREMIER MINISTRE
Secretariat General for National Defence
Central Directorate for Information Systems Security
Certification Report DCSSI-2008/08
ATMEL Secure Microcontroller
AT90SC9604RU rev. E
Paris, 14th
of March 2008
Courtesy Translation
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Warning
This report is designed to provide sponsors with a document enabling them to assess the
security level of a product under the conditions of use and operation defined in this report for
the evaluated version. It is also designed to provide the potential purchaser of the product with
the conditions under which he may operate or use the product so as to meet the conditions of
use for which the product has been evaluated and certified; that is why this certification report
must be read alongside the evaluated user and administration guidance, as well as with the
product security target, which presents threats, environmental assumptions and the supposed
conditions of use so that the user can judge for himself whether the product meets his needs in
terms of security objectives.
Certification does not, however, constitute a recommendation product from DCSSI (Central
Directorate for Information Systems Security), and does not guarantee that the certified
product is totally free of all exploitable vulnerabilities.
Any correspondence about this report has to be addressed to:
Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale
Direction Centrale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information
Centre de certification
51, boulevard de la Tour Maubourg
75700 PARIS cedex 07 SP
France
certification.dcssi@sgdn.gouv.fr
Reproduction of this document without any change or cut is authorised.
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Certification report reference
DCSSI-2008/08
Product name
ATMEL Secure Microcontroller AT90SC9604RU rev. E
Product reference
AT90SC9604RU, reference AT58U08 revision E
Protection profile conformity
PP/9806
Evaluation criteria and version
Common Criteria version 2.3
compliant with ISO 15408:2005
Evaluation level
EAL 4 augmented
ADV_IMP.2, ALC_DVS.2, AVA_MSU.3, AVA_VLA.4
Developer
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
Maxwell Building - Scottish Enterprise technology Park
East Kilbride, G75 0QR – Scotland, United Kingdom
Sponsor
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
Maxwell Building - Scottish Enterprise technology Park
East Kilbride, G75 0QR – Scotland, United Kingdom
Evaluation facility
CEA - LETI
17 rue des martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
Phone: +33 (0)4 38 78 40 87, email : cesti.leti@cea.fr
Recognition arrangements
CCRA
The product is recognised at EAL4 level.
SOG-IS
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Introduction
The Certification
Security certification for information technology products and systems is governed by decree
number 2002-535 dated April, 18th 2002, and published in the "Journal Officiel de la
République Française". This decree stipulates that:
• The central information system security department draws up certification reports.
These reports indicate the features of the proposed security targets. They may include
any warnings that the authors feel the need to mention for security reasons. They may
or may not be transmitted to third parties or made public, as the principals desire
(article 7).
• The certificates issued by the Prime Minister certify that the copies of the products or
systems submitted for evaluation fulfil the specified security features. They also
certify that the evaluations have been carried out in compliance with applicable rules
and standards, with the required degrees of skill and impartiality (article 8).
The procedures are available on the Internet site www.ssi.gouv.fr.
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Content
1. THE PRODUCT........................................................................................................................... 6
1.1. PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT........................................................................................... 6
1.2. EVALUATED PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................... 6
1.2.1. Product identification.................................................................................................... 6
1.2.2. Security services............................................................................................................ 6
1.2.3. Architecture................................................................................................................... 7
1.2.4. Life cycle ....................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.5. Evaluated configuration................................................................................................ 9
2. THE EVALUATION.................................................................................................................. 10
2.1. EVALUATION REFERENTIAL ................................................................................................. 10
2.2. EVALUATION WORK ............................................................................................................. 10
2.3. CRYPTOGRAPHIC MECHANISMS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS..................................................... 10
3. CERTIFICATION...................................................................................................................... 11
3.1. CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................ 11
3.2. RESTRICTIONS...................................................................................................................... 11
3.3. RECOGNITION OF THE CERTIFICATE..................................................................................... 11
3.3.1. European recognition (SOG-IS).................................................................................. 11
3.3.2. International common criteria recognition (CCRA)................................................... 12
ANNEX 1. EVALUATION LEVEL OF THE PRODUCT.......................................................... 13
ANNEX 2. EVALUATED PRODUCT REFERENCES .............................................................. 14
ANNEX 3. CERTIFICATION REFERENCES ........................................................................... 16
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1. The product
1.1. Presentation of the product
The evaluated product is the secure microcontroller AT90SC9604RU, reference AT58U08
revision E developed by Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions.
This product belongs to the AVR ASL4 family developed by Atmel Secure Microcontroller
Solutions.
The microcontroller aims to host one or several software applications and can be embedded in
a plastic support to create a Smartcard with multiple possible usages (secure identity
documents, banking, health card, pay-TV or transport applications…) depending on the
Embedded Software applications. However, only the microcontroller is evaluated. The
software applications are not in the scope of this evaluation.
1.2. Evaluated product description
The security target [ST] defines the evaluated product, its evaluated security functionalities
and its operation environment.
This security target is compliant to [PP9806] protection profile.
1.2.1. Product identification
The configuration list [CONF] identifies the product’s constituent elements.
The certified version of the product can be identified by the following elements:
- Product name: AT90SC9604RU, and product identification number: AT58U08. This
information can be checked using Serial number register SN_0, which content should
be hexadecimal 0x2F (Cf. [GUIDES], “AT90SC9604RU Datasheet” section 21.1.1).
- Silicon revision: E. This information can be checked using Serial number register
SN_1, which content should be hexadecimal 0x04 (Cf. [GUIDES], “AT90SC9604RU
Datasheet” section 21.1.2).
- The TOE can be physically identified by the mask numbers visible on the metal layer,
and listed in the “Twister Pattern Mask List” document (Cf. [CONF]).
1.2.2. Security services
The product provides mainly the following security services:
- Test Mode Entry,
- Protected Test Memory Access,
- Test Mode Disable,
- TOE Testing,
- Data Error Detection,
- FireWall,
- Event Audit,
- Event Action,
- Unobservability,
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- Cryptography,
- Package mode entry,
- Test Memory Access in Package Mode
1.2.3. Architecture
The AT90SC9604RU microcontroller is made up of:
- AVR Risk processing unit,
- 96Kb of program ROM memory,
- 4Kb of EEPROM program/data memory including 64 bytes of One Time
Programmable (OTP) memory and a 192-byte of bit-addressable area,
- 2Kb of static RAM memory,
- a Checksum Accelerator,
- a CRC-16 peripheral,
- a Random Number Generator,
- a fast hardware DES/3DES peripheral,
- detectors which monitor voltage, frequency and temperature,
- a firewall that protects all memories, peripheral and IO register accesses,
- a power management system (the microcontroller works under a voltage range from
2.7V to 5.5V),
- logic peripherals including 2 timers, 1 serial port, an ISO7816 interface and an
ISO7816 controller,
- a dedicated test structure that can be used only in test mode for production testing, and
sawn before IC packaging.
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1.2.4. Life cycle
The product’s life cycle is organised as follow:
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Phase 6
Phase 7
Smartcard embedded
software development
Product
construction
IC design with its dedicated
software
Smartcard IC database
construction
IC photomask fabrication
IC testing and prepersonalisation
IC manufacturing
Testing
IC packaging
Testing
Smartcard product finishing process
Testing
Personalisation
Smartcard product end-
usage
Poduct
usage
End of life process
Légende
Trusted delivery and
verification procedures
Delivery done within
secure environment
Phases
supposed
to
be
secured
ATMEL EKB
ATMEL RFO
Toppan Photomasks
France
ATMEL RFO
ATMEL EKB
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Phase 6
Phase 7
Smartcard embedded
software development
Product
construction
IC design with its dedicated
software
Smartcard IC database
construction
IC photomask fabrication
IC testing and prepersonalisation
IC manufacturing
Testing
IC packaging
Testing
Smartcard product finishing process
Testing
Personalisation
Smartcard product end-
usage
Poduct
usage
End of life process
Légende
Trusted delivery and
verification procedures
Delivery done within
secure environment
Légende
Trusted delivery and
verification procedures
Delivery done within
secure environment
Phases
supposed
to
be
secured
ATMEL EKB
ATMEL RFO
Toppan Photomasks
France
ATMEL RFO
ATMEL EKB
Figure 1 – standard IC life-cycle
The product is designed and tested by:
Atmel East Kilbride
Maxwell Building
Scottish Enterprise technology Park
East Kilbride
Glasgow G75 0QR,
Scotland.
The database of the product and the manufacturing of the product are performed by:
Atmel Rousset
Z.I. Rousset Peynier
13106 Rousset Cedex
France.
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The photo masks of the product are manufactured by:
Toppan Photomasks France
224, bd John Kennedy
91100 Corbeil Essonnes
France.
The product can be in one of its three possible modes:
- “Test” mode: mode in which the microcontroller runs under the control of dedicated
test software written to EEPROM via a test interface, and in conjunction with stimulus
provided by an external test system. This mode is intended to be used solely by
authorized development staff. After the testing activity, the tests interface is definitely
deactivated by sawing the wafer and cannot be accessed any more.
- “User” mode: mode, in which the microcontroller runs under control of the smartcard
embedded software. It is intended that customers and end-users will always use the
microcontroller in user mode.
- “Package” mode: this mode is similar to Test Mode for testing returns from Phases 4-
7. Package mode runs a limited subset of test commands via a test interface, and in
conjunction with stimulus provided by an external test system. This mode is intended
to be used solely by authorized staff.
1.2.5. Evaluated configuration
This certification report applies to the microcontroller only. Any other software used for the
evaluation are not part of the scope of certification.
With regard to the life-cycle, the evaluated product is the one at the end of its manufacturing
phase (phase 3).
For the evaluation needs, the product was provided in to the ITSEF in a mode known as
“open1
”.
1
mode that enables to load and execute a native code in EEPROM and also to disable the configurable security
mechanisms (Cf. [CC AP]).
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2. The evaluation
2.1. Evaluation referential
The evaluation has been performed in compliance with Common Criteria version 2.3 [CC]
and with the Common Evaluation Methodology [CEM].
For assurance components above EAL4 level, the evaluation facility own evaluation methods
consistent with [AIS 34], validated by DCSSI have been used.
In order to meet the specificities of smart cards, the [CC IC] and [CC AP] guides have been
applied.
2.2. Evaluation work
The evaluation relies on the evaluation results of the AT90SC25672RCT-USB rev. D product
certified the 19th of December under the reference 2006/30 (Cf. [2006/30]).
The evaluation technical report [ETR], delivered to DCSSI the 21st
of February 2008,
provides details on the work performed by the evaluation facility and assesses that all
evaluation tasks are “pass”.
2.3. Cryptographic mechanisms robustness analysis
The robustness of cryptographic mechanisms has not been analysed by DCSSI.
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3. Certification
3.1. Conclusion
The evaluation was carried out according to the current rules and standards, with the required
competency and impartiality by a licensed evaluation facility. All the work performed permits
the release of a certificate in conformance with the decree 2002-535.
This certificate testifies that the product “AT90SC9604RU, reference AT58U08 revision E”
submitted for evaluation fulfils the security features specified in its security target [ST] for the
evaluation level EAL 4 augmented.
3.2. Restrictions
This certificate only applies on the product specified in chapter 1.2 of this certification report.
This certificate provides a resistance assessment of the AT90SC9604RU product to a set of
attacks which remains generic due to the missing of any specific embedded application.
Therefore, the security of a final product based on the evaluated microcontroller would only
be assessed through the final product evaluation, which could be performed on the basis of the
current evaluation results.
The user of the certified product shall respect the operational environmental security
objectives summarized specified in the security target [ST] and shall respect the
recommendations in the guidance [GUIDES], in particular:
- Secure communication protocols and procedures shall be used between smartcard and
terminal.
- The integrity and the confidentiality of sensitive data stored or handled by the system
(terminals, communications....) shall be maintained.
3.3. Recognition of the certificate
3.3.1. European recognition (SOG-IS)
This certificate is issued in accordance with the provisions of the SOG-IS agreement [SOG-
IS].
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The European Recognition Agreement made by SOG-IS in 1999 allows recognition from
Signatory States of the agreement1
, of ITSEC and Common Criteria certificates. The
European recognition is applicable up to ITSEC E6 and CC EAL7 levels. The certificates that
are recognized in the agreement scope are released with the following marking:
3.3.2. International common criteria recognition (CCRA)
This certificate is released in accordance with the provisions of the CCRA [CC RA].
The Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement allows the recognition, by signatory
countries2
, of the Common Criteria certificates. The mutual recognition is applicable up to the
assurance components of CC EAL4 level and also to ALC_FLR family. The certificates that
are recognized in the agreement scope are released with the following marking:
1 The signatory countries of the SOG-IS agreement are: Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
2 The signatory countries of the CCRA arrangement are: Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New-Zealand, Norway,
Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.
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Annex 1. Evaluation level of the product
Components by assurance level Assurance level of the product
Class Family
EAL
1
EAL
2
EAL
3
EAL
4
EAL
5
EAL
6
EAL
7
EAL
4+
Name of the component
ACM_AUT 1 1 2 2 1 Partial CM automation
ACM_CAP 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 4
Configuration support and
acceptance procedures
ACM
Configuration
management
ACM_SCP 1 2 3 3 3 2
Problem tracking CM
coverage
ADO_DEL 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 Detection of modification
ADO
Delivery and
operation ADO_IGS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Installation, generation and
start-up procedures
ADV_FSP 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 2
Fully defined external
interfaces
ADV_HLD 1 2 2 3 4 5 2
Security enforcing high-level
design
ADV_IMP 1 2 3 3 2 Implementation of the TSF
ADV_INT 1 2 3
ADV_LLD 1 1 2 2 1 Descriptive low-level design
ADV_RCR 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1
Informal correspondence
demonstration
ADV
Development
ADV_SPM 1 3 3 3 1
Informal TOE security policy
model
AGD_ADM 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Administrator guidance
AGD
Guidance AGD_USR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 User guidance
ALC_DVS 1 1 1 2 2 2
Sufficiency of security
measures
ALC_FLR
ALC_LCD 1 2 2 3 1
Developer defined life-cycle
model
ALC
Life-cycle
support
ALC_TAT 1 2 3 3 1
Well-defined development
tools
ATE_COV 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 Analysis of coverage
ATE_DPT 1 1 2 2 3 1 Testing: high-level design
ATE_FUN 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 Functional testing
ATE
Tests
ATE_IND 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 Independent testing – sample
AVA_CCA 1 2 2
AVA_MSU 1 2 2 3 3 3
Analysis and testing of
insecure states
AVA_SOF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Strength of TOE security
function evaluation
AVA
Vulnerability
assessment
AVA_VLA 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 Highly resistant
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Annex 2. Evaluated product references
[2006/30] Certification report 2006/30 - ATMEL secure microcontroller
AT90SC25672RCT-USB rev. D, 19th
December 2006, SGDN/DCSSI
[ST] Reference security target for the evaluation:
- Targa Security Target,
Reference: Targa_ST_V1.3
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
For the needs of publication, the following security target has been
provided and validated in the evaluation:
- AT90SC9604RU Security Target Lite,
Reference: TPG0142A_13Feb07
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
[ETR] Evaluation technical report :
- Targa Evaluation Technical Report,
Reference: LETI.CESTI.TAR.RTE.001-v1.2-11/02/08
CESTI LETI
For the needs of composite evaluation with this microcontroller a
technical report for composition has been validated:
- TARGA Project - Evaluation Technical Report – Lite,
Référence : LETI.CESTI.TAR.ETR_LITE.001 Version 1.3,
CESTI LETI
[CONF] The configuration list is:
- TARGA Design Configuration List,
Reference: Targa_DCL_V1.2_03Sep07
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- TARGA Manufacturing Configuration List,
Reference: TARGA_MCL_V1.1
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- AT90SC9604RU (Targa) Mask List Plan,
Reference: Targa_PML_V2.0_11Apr07
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- Targa Deliverables list,
Reference: Targa EDL_V1.15
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
[GUIDES] Guidance of the product:
- AT90SC CC AGD Interface,
Reference: AT90SC_GUID_V1.4_05Jul05
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- AT90SC9604RU Technical Datasheet,
Reference: TPR0241CX_14Aug07
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- AT90SC Addressing Modes and Instruction Set,
Reference: 1323C-03May04
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
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- Security Recommendations for AT90SC ASL4 Products,
Reference: TPR0066H_31Jan08
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- Secured Hardware DES/TDES on AT90SC ASL4 Products,
Reference: TPR0063IX_05Dec07
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- Generating unpredictable random numbers on the AT90SC
family devices,
Reference: 1573CX_SMIC_21mar03
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- Using the Supervisor and User Modes on the AT90SC ASL4,
Reference: TPR0095A-11Mar03
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- Using the Checksum Accelerator on AT90SC ASL4 products,
Reference: TPR0065A-02Jul02
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
- Wafer Saw Recommendations,
Reference: TPG0079A_13Jun05
Atmel Secure Microcontroller Solutions
[PP/9806] Protection Profile Smart Card Integrated Circuit Version 2.0, September
1998. Certified by DCSSI under the reference PP/9806.
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Annex 3. Certification references
Decree number 2002-535 dated 18th
April 2002 related to the security evaluations and
certifications for information technology products and systems.
[CER/P/01] Procedure CER/P/01 - Certification of the security provided by IT
products and systems, DCSSI.
[CC] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation:
Part 1: Introduction and general model,
August 2005, version 2.3, ref CCMB-2005-08-001;
Part 2: Security functional requirements,
August 2005, version 2.3, ref CCMB-2005-08-002;
Part 3: Security assurance requirements,
August 2005, version 2.3, ref CCMB-2005-08-003.
The content of Common Criteria version 2.3 is identical to the
international ISO/IEC 15408:2005.
[CEM] Common Methodology for Information Technology Security
Evaluation: Evaluation Methodology,
August 2005, version 2.3, ref CCMB-2005-08-004.
The content of CEM version 2.3 is identical to the international ISO/IEC
18045:2005.
[CC IC] Common Criteria Supporting Document - Mandatory Technical
Document - The Application of CC to Integrated Circuits, version 2.0,
April 2006.
[CC AP] Common Criteria Supporting Document - Mandatory Technical
Document - Application of attack potential to smart-cards, version 2.1,
April 2006.
[COMP] Common Criteria Supporting Document - Mandatory Technical
Document - ETR-lite for composition, Version 1.3, April 2006.
[CC RA] Arrangement on the Recognition of Common criteria certificates in the
field of information Technology Security, May 2000.
[SOG-IS] «Mutual Recognition Agreement of Information Technology Security
Evaluation Certificates», version 2.0, April 1999, Management
Committee of Agreement Group.
[AIS 34] Application Notes and Interpretation of the Scheme - Evaluation
Methodology for CC Assurance Classes for EAL5+, AIS34, Version
1.00, 01 June 2004
BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik)