K15404 : OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2009-3245

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2009-3245)

Impact

An attacker may be able to compromise an SSL virtual server that uses an SSL profile with COMPAT SSL ciphers or the Configuration utility on the affected versions.