CVE-2021-41690

Publication date 28 June 2022

Last updated 17 September 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dcmtk 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
dcmtk

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5882-1
    • DCMTK vulnerabilities
    • 22 February 2023
    • USN-7010-1
    • DCMTK vulnerabilities
    • 17 September 2024

Other references