USN-7010-1: DCMTK vulnerabilities
17 September 2024
Several security issues were fixed in DCMTK.
Releases
Packages
- dcmtk - OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities
Details
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)
Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2121)
It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-43272)
It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-28130)
It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled memory when processing an
invalid incoming DIMSE message. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-34508, CVE-2024-34509)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04
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dcmtk
-
3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libdcmtk17t64
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3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 22.04
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dcmtk
-
3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libdcmtk16
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3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
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dcmtk
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3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libdcmtk12
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3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04
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dcmtk
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3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libdcmtk5
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3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-5882-1: libdcmtk-dev, libdcmtk16, libdcmtk12, dcmtk-doc, libdcmtk5, libdcmtk17, dcmtk, libdcmtk14