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title: "CVE-2009-3245\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3245

Publication date 5 March 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openssl | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 0.9.8g-16ubuntu3.3 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.9.8g-15ubuntu3.6 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.11 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.13 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3245?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openssl | * Upstream:   <http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=18936> * Upstream:   <http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19309> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3245)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3245)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3245)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3245)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1003-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1003-1)
+ OpenSSL vulnerabilities
+ 7 October 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3245>