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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41690): DCMTK vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41690): DCMTK vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/28/2022
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The malloced memory for storing all file information are recorded in a global variable LST and are not freed properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can incur a memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-dcmtk
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libdcmtk12
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libdcmtk14
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libdcmtk16
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libdcmtk5

References

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