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BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel

Certificate #1146

Webpage information ?

Status	historical
Historical reason	RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Validation dates	24.06.2009 , 28.01.2010
Standard	FIPS 140-2
Security level	1
Type	Firmware
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat	None
Exceptions	Design Assurance: Level 3 Tested: BlackBerry Storm 9500 with BlackBerry OS Version 4.7
Description	BlackBerry® is the leading wireless enterprise solution that allows users to stay connected with secure, wireless access to email, corporate data, phone, web and organizer features. BlackBerry® is a totally integrated package that includes hardware, software and service, providing a complete end-to-end solution. The BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel is the software module that provides the basic cryptographic functionality for the BlackBerry.
Version (Firmware)	3.8.5.51
Vendor	Research In Motion Ltd.
References	This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.

Certificate

Webpage

Security policy ?

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms

AES-256, AES, DES, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-512

Asymmetric Algorithms

ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman

Hash functions

SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512

Schemes

Key Agreement

Randomness

RNG

Elliptic Curves

P-521, K-571

Block cipher modes

CBC, CTR

Security level

Level 1

Side-channel analysis

side-channel, SPA, DPA

Standards

FIPS 140-2, FIPS 197, FIPS 46-3, FIPS 180-3, FIPS 198, FIPS 186-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, PKCS#1, PKCS #1

File metadata

Title	Microsoft Word - 20100113_BlackBerry_Cryptographic_Kernel OS 4.7 v3_8_5_51_FIPS_140-2_Security_Policy.doc
Author	reyamie
Creation date	D:20100119153731-05'00'
Modification date	D:20100119153731-05'00'
Pages	19
Creator	PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
Producer	Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)

Heuristics ?

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates ?

09.02.2023 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The cert_id was updated.
- The new value is 1146.
The web extraction data was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'validation_history': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2009-06-24', 'validation_type': 'Initial', 'lab': 'DOMUS'}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2010-01-28', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': ''}], 'vendor_url': 'http://www.rim.com', 'certificate_pdf_url': 'https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt1146.pdf', 'hw_versions': None, 'fw_versions': '3.8.5.51'}.
- The standard property was set to FIPS 140-2.
- The status property was set to historical.
- The level property was set to 1.
- The embodiment property was set to Multi-Chip Stand Alone.
- The description property was set to BlackBerry® is the leading wireless enterprise solution that allows users to stay connected with secure, wireless access to email, corporate data, phone, web and organizer features. BlackBerry® is a totally integrated package that includes hardware, software and service, providing a complete end-to-end solution. The BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel is the software module that provides the basic cryptographic functionality for the BlackBerry..
- The following properties were deleted: ['date_validation', 'algorithms', 'vendor_www', 'lab', 'lab_nvlap', 'security_policy_www', 'certificate_www', 'hw_version', 'fw_version', 'product_url'].
The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'policy_metadata': {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 226087, 'pdf_is_encrypted': False, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 19, '/CreationDate': "D:20100119153731-05'00'", '/Author': 'reyamie', '/Creator': 'PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2', '/Producer': 'Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)', '/ModDate': "D:20100119153731-05'00'", '/Title': 'Microsoft Word - 20100113_BlackBerry_Cryptographic_Kernel OS 4.7 v3_8_5_51_FIPS_140-2_Security_Policy.doc', 'pdf_hyperlinks': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}}}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['cert_id', 'algorithms', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_metadata'].
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'policy_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'module_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'policy_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'module_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'direct_transitive_cves': None, 'indirect_transitive_cves': None}.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['HMAC#526', 'AES#947', 'SHS#921', 'ECDSA#118', 'AES#946', 'RSA#456', 'Triple-DES#750', 'RNG#536']}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['keywords', 'unmatched_algs', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_references', 'web_references'].
The state was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'module_download_ok': True, 'policy_download_ok': True, 'policy_convert_garbage': False, 'policy_convert_ok': True, 'module_extract_ok': True, 'policy_extract_ok': True, 'policy_pdf_hash': 'f4fe6f90a90ea5c04459c432b993cd73f33dc8b1068af5e4168826bc3ca79e59', 'policy_txt_hash': '7895cc77b9022a1f25f421ef8df35503cd2db5c6a02dec7ef92d87ba63fffc58'}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['sp_path', 'html_path', 'tables_done', 'file_status', 'txt_state'].
07.12.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The computed heuristics were updated.
- The clean_cert_ids property was set to {'#947': 1, '#946': 1, '#750': 1, '#921': 1, '#526': 1, '#536': 1, '#456': 1}.
- The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['1375']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['1375']}}, 'directly_referencing': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['921', '536', '946', '526', '456', '947', '750']}, 'indirectly_referencing': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['298', '227', '128', '83', '318', '112', '553', '93', '921', '58', '147', '55', '82', '618', '697', '68', '246', '319', '605', '891', '892', '308', '257', '299', '946', '456', '229', '312', '890', '123', '725', '549', '235', '232', '69', '888', '125', '249', '536', '578', '307', '54', '526', '750', '655', '239', '280', '403', '132', '228', '223', '321', '41', '889', '629', '129', '94', '408', '255', '43', '200', '131', '375', '947', '258', '209', '60']}} data.
05.11.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web extraction data was updated.
- The caveat property was set to None.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.
The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The clean_cert_ids property was set to {'#947': 1, '#946': 1, '#750': 1, '#921': 1, '#526': 1, '#536': 1, '#456': 1, '#118': 1}.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.
- The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['1739', '1744']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['1739', '1744']}} data.
25.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'fips_cert_id': {'__update__': {'Cert': {'__update__': {'#1': 1}}}}, 'fips_certlike': {'__update__': {'Certlike': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 6, 'SHA-256': 5, 'SHA-512': 5}, '__delete__': ['#947 AES', '#750 SHA', '#921 HMAC']}}}, 'symmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'constructions': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'HMAC': 12}}}}}}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'FF': {'__update__': {'DH': {'__delete__': ['DH']}}, '__delete__': ['DSA']}}}, 'hash_function': {'__update__': {'SHA': {'__update__': {'SHA1': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 6}}, 'SHA2': {'__update__': {'SHA-256': 5, 'SHA-512': 5}, '__delete__': ['SHA-2']}}}}}, 'crypto_scheme': {'__update__': {'KA': {'__delete__': ['KA']}}, '__delete__': ['MAC']}, 'tee_name': {}} data.
The state was updated.
- The tables_done property was set to True.
17.07.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The _type was updated.
- The new value is sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'clean_cert_ids': {}}.
- The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics.
- The keywords property was set to {}.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#456', 'algorithm_type': 'RSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#118', 'algorithm_type': 'ECDSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#921', 'algorithm_type': 'SHS', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#536', 'algorithm_type': 'RNG', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#750', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#946', 'algorithm_type': 'AES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#526', 'algorithm_type': 'HMAC', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#947', 'algorithm_type': 'AES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]}.
- The st_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.
- The web_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.
The state was updated.
- The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState.
- The following properties were deleted: ['fragment_path'].
29.06.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
23.06.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
14.06.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The pdf_scan was updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_cert_id': {}, 'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__update__': {'FIPS 186-2': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['FIPS 140-2', 'FIPS PUB 140-2']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__delete__': ['PKCS#1']}}}, 'rules_block_cipher_modes': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'CTR': {'__update__': {'CTR': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, 'rules_ecc_curves': {'__insert__': {'(NIST)? ?[PBK]-[0-9]{3}': {'P-521': {'count': 1}}}, '__update__': {'(?:Curve |curve |)P-(192|224|256|384|521)': {'__update__': {'P-521': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_cert_id': {}, 'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__update__': {'FIPS 186-2': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['FIPS 140-2', 'FIPS PUB 140-2']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__delete__': ['PKCS#1']}}}, 'rules_block_cipher_modes': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'CTR': {'__update__': {'CTR': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, 'rules_ecc_curves': {'__insert__': {'(NIST)? ?[PBK]-[0-9]{3}': {'P-521': {'count': 1}}}, '__update__': {'(?:Curve |curve |)P-(192|224|256|384|521)': {'__update__': {'P-521': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.
20.05.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
17.05.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
18.04.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
10.03.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
08.03.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
- The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].
The pdf_scan was updated.
- The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'st_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'web_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}}.
- The algorithms property was updated.
- The following properties were deleted: ['connections', 'directly_affected_by', 'indirectly_affected_by', 'directly_affecting', 'indirectly_affecting'].
18.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
- The extracted_versions property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['3.8.5.51']}.
11.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
02.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The module_type property was set to Firmware.
- The algorithms property was updated.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated.
30.01.2022 The certificate was first processed.

New certificate

A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data

{
  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 1146,
  "dgst": "0b36980af5c0346a",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "RSA#456",
        "SHS#921",
        "AES#947",
        "ECDSA#118",
        "HMAC#526",
        "AES#946",
        "Triple-DES#750",
        "RNG#536"
      ]
    },
    "cpe_matches": null,
    "direct_transitive_cves": null,
    "extracted_versions": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "3.8.5.51"
      ]
    },
    "indirect_transitive_cves": null,
    "module_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "module_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "policy_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "policy_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "related_cves": null,
    "verified_cpe_matches": null
  },
  "pdf_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.PdfData",
    "keywords": {
      "asymmetric_crypto": {
        "ECC": {
          "ECC": {
            "ECC": 7
          },
          "ECDH": {
            "ECDH": 1
          },
          "ECDSA": {
            "ECDSA": 4
          }
        },
        "FF": {
          "DH": {
            "Diffie-Hellman": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {},
      "cipher_mode": {
        "CBC": {
          "CBC": 6
        },
        "CTR": {
          "CTR": 2
        }
      },
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {},
      "crypto_protocol": {},
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "KA": {
          "Key Agreement": 2
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {
        "NIST": {
          "K-571": 3,
          "P-521": 4
        }
      },
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {
        "Cert": {
          "#1": 1,
          "#118": 1,
          "#456": 1,
          "#526": 1,
          "#536": 1,
          "#750": 1,
          "#921": 1,
          "#946": 1,
          "#947": 1
        }
      },
      "fips_certlike": {
        "Certlike": {
          "AES-256": 6,
          "HMAC SHA-1": 2,
          "HMAC SHA-256": 2,
          "HMAC SHA-512": 2,
          "HMAC-SHA-1": 2,
          "HMAC-SHA-256": 2,
          "HMAC-SHA-512": 2,
          "PKCS #1": 2,
          "PKCS#1": 1,
          "RSA PKCS#1": 1,
          "SHA-1": 6,
          "SHA-256": 5,
          "SHA-512": 5
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {
        "Level": {
          "Level 1": 3
        }
      },
      "hash_function": {
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 6
          },
          "SHA2": {
            "SHA-256": 5,
            "SHA-512": 5
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {
        "RNG": {
          "RNG": 11
        }
      },
      "side_channel_analysis": {
        "SCA": {
          "DPA": 1,
          "SPA": 1,
          "side-channel": 1
        }
      },
      "standard_id": {
        "FIPS": {
          "FIPS 140-2": 16,
          "FIPS 180-3": 1,
          "FIPS 186-2": 8,
          "FIPS 197": 2,
          "FIPS 198": 1,
          "FIPS 46-3": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 140-2": 2
        },
        "PKCS": {
          "PKCS #1": 1,
          "PKCS#1": 1
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "AES_competition": {
          "AES": {
            "AES": 3,
            "AES-256": 6
          }
        },
        "DES": {
          "DES": {
            "DES": 8
          }
        },
        "constructions": {
          "MAC": {
            "HMAC": 12,
            "HMAC-SHA-256": 1,
            "HMAC-SHA-512": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {},
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {},
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/Author": "reyamie",
      "/CreationDate": "D:20100119153731-05\u002700\u0027",
      "/Creator": "PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2",
      "/ModDate": "D:20100119153731-05\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)",
      "/Title": "Microsoft Word - 20100113_BlackBerry_Cryptographic_Kernel OS 4.7 v3_8_5_51_FIPS_140-2_Security_Policy.doc",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 226087,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": []
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": false,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 19
    }
  },
  "state": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState",
    "module_download_ok": true,
    "module_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_convert_garbage": false,
    "policy_convert_ok": true,
    "policy_download_ok": true,
    "policy_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_pdf_hash": "f4fe6f90a90ea5c04459c432b993cd73f33dc8b1068af5e4168826bc3ca79e59",
    "policy_txt_hash": "7895cc77b9022a1f25f421ef8df35503cd2db5c6a02dec7ef92d87ba63fffc58"
  },
  "web_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.WebData",
    "caveat": "None",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt1146.pdf",
    "date_sunset": null,
    "description": "BlackBerry\u00ae is the leading wireless enterprise solution that allows users to stay connected with secure, wireless access to email, corporate data, phone, web and organizer features. BlackBerry\u00ae is a totally integrated package that includes hardware, software and service, providing a complete end-to-end solution. The BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel is the software module that provides the basic cryptographic functionality for the BlackBerry.",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": [
      "Design Assurance: Level 3",
      "Tested: BlackBerry Storm 9500 with BlackBerry OS Version 4.7"
    ],
    "fw_versions": "3.8.5.51",
    "historical_reason": "RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition",
    "hw_versions": null,
    "level": 1,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel",
    "module_type": "Firmware",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-2",
    "status": "historical",
    "sw_versions": null,
    "tested_conf": null,
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2009-06-24",
        "lab": "DOMUS",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      },
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2010-01-28",
        "lab": "",
        "validation_type": "Update"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "Research In Motion Ltd.",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.rim.com"
  }
}

BlackBerry Cryptographic Kernel

Certificate #1146

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References ?

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