CVE-2009-3245

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    CVE-2009-3245

    Published: 5 Mar 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: OpenSSL 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.

    References: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/37291, http://secunia.com/advisories/38761, http://secunia.com/advisories/39461, http://secunia.com/advisories/39932, http://secunia.com/advisories/42724, http://secunia.com/advisories/42733, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1003-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0916, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216, http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692159706582&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692170906712&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=126692180606861&w=2, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039561.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153392/ABB-HMI-Outdated-Software-Components.html, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0977.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0896.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38562, https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50, https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html, https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11738, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6640, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9790

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High