1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7010-1

USN-7010-1: DCMTK vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 September 2024

Overview

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...

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 noble dcmtk –  3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libdcmtk17t64 –  3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 jammy dcmtk –  3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2  
libdcmtk16 –  3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2  
20.04 focal dcmtk –  3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1
libdcmtk14 –  3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic dcmtk –  3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2  
libdcmtk12 –  3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2  
16.04 xenial dcmtk –  3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2  
libdcmtk5 –  3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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