NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting NICMx/FORT-validator package, versions [,1.6.3)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (11th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-NICMXFORTVALIDATOR-7830483
- published 25 Aug 2024
- disclosed 24 Aug 2024
- credit Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel
Introduced: 24 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-45238 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade NICMx/FORT-validator to version 1.6.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to improper handling of malformed bit strings in resource certificates. An attacker can cause the application to crash by serving a specially crafted certificate via rsync or RRDP.