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Ubuntu: USN-5882-1 (CVE-2015-8979): DCMTK vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5882-1 (CVE-2015-8979): DCMTK vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2017
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dcmtk
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdcmtk12
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdcmtk14
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdcmtk16
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdcmtk17
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdcmtk5

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