U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3245 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/25/2010)

Red 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.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3245
NVD Published Date:
03/05/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE