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title: "CVE-2009-5009\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5009?format=md
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# CVE-2009-5009

Publication date 14 October 2010

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Double free vulnerability in OpenConnect before 1.40 might allow remote
AnyConnect SSL VPN servers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted DTLS Cipher option
during a reconnect operation.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openconnect | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5009)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5009)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-5009)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5009)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5009>