NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasa-jpl/ION-DTN package, versions [,4.1.3s)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NASAJPLIONDTN-8491047
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed6 Dec 2024
  • creditStephan Havermans, Malicia Lab

Introduced: 6 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-54130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nasa-jpl/ION-DTN to version 4.1.3s or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the forwardBundle function when a bundle with a Destination Endpoint ID (EID) set to dtn:none is received. An attacker can cause the node to become unresponsive to incoming bundles, leading to a disruption of service.

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