NULL pointer dereference in threetenbp - CVE-2024-23081

Vulnerability identifier: #VU92401

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23081

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NullPointerException via the component org.threeten.bp.LocalDate::compareTo(ChronoLocalDate). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

threetenbp
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows
Log Analysis
IBM Automation Decision Services
Planning Analytics Local

Install updates from vendor's website.

threetenbp - update to 1.6.9
Log Analysis - update to 1.3.8.0
Planning Analytics Local - addressed in versions 2.0.0.96, 2.1.3
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows - addressed in versions 6.0.0.4.88, 6.1.0.2.87, 6.2.0.6.20, 6.3.0.3.4
IBM Automation Decision Services - update to 23.0.2.0.5

• http://threeten.com
• https://github.com/ThreeTen/threetenbp
• https://gist.github.com/LLM4IG/3cc9183dcd887020368a0bafeafec5e3

• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Planning Analytics Local - IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Automation Decision Services
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis