CVE-2009-3245

Published Mar 5, 2010

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
10
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed 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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