Access Restriction Bypass Affecting dcmtk package, versions [,3.6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DCMTK-2368802
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Jun 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jun 2014

CVE-2013-6825  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dcmtk to version 3.6.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. (1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes.

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