vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2021-41688: dcmtk -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 28, 2022
Added
Jul 3, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle memory free properly. The object in the program is free but its address is still used in other locations. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program will incur a double free. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

Solution

debian-upgrade-dcmtk
Title
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