CVE-2009-5009 Use after free in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

A remote attacker can crash the OpenConnect VPN client via a crafted DTLS option during reconnection, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-5009?

CVE-2009-5009 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5009?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Infradead Openconnect.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5009?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2009-5009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5009, GHSA-ggcw-fq74-j5hg.

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