CVE-2009-3245

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3245
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-05 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Slackware update for openssl - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ABB HMI Outdated Software Components ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
'[CVS] OpenSSL: openssl/crypto/bn/ bn_div.c bn_gf2m.c openssl/crypto/ec...' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: openssl-0.9.8n-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Fedora update for openssl - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02517 SSRT100058 rev.1 - HP-UX Running OpenSSL, Remote Unauthorized Inform' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
kb.bluecoat.com/index af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.bluecoat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBOV02540 SSRT090249 rev.1 - HP SSL for OpenVMS, Remote Unauthorized Data Inje' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.balabit.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
OpenSSL TLS Session Renegotiation Plaintext Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.8 and Security Update 2011-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
APPLE-SA-2011-06-23-1 Mac OS X v10.6.8 and Security Update 2011-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'[CVS] OpenSSL: OpenSSL_1_0_0-stable: openssl/crypto/bn/ bn_div.c bn_gf...' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: openssl-1.0.0-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
OpenSSL 'bn_wexpend()' Error Handling Unspecified Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.balabit.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM AIX update for OpenSSL - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-1003-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
'[CVS] OpenSSL: OpenSSL_0_9_8-stable: openssl/ CHANGES openssl/crypto/b...' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-25Vincent DanenRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3245 This issue was fixed in openssl packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0162.html This issue was fixed in openssl096b packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0173.html The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact on openssl packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, a future update may address this flaw.

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