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title: "CVE-2013-6825\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6825

Publication date 10 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

(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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6825?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dcmtk | 26.04 LTS resolute | Vulnerable |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Vulnerable |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6825?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

Debian adds "NOTE: Not running with elevated privileges in Debian
packaging"

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| dcmtk | * Other:   <http://hmarco.org/bugs/patches/dcmtk-3.6.1-drop-privileges-fixed.patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6825)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6825)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6825)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6825)

### Other references

* <http://hmarco.org/bugs/dcmtk-3.6.1-privilege-escalation.html>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/58916>
* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11>
* <http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html>
* <http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES.361>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6825>