CVE-2021-41689

Description

DCMTK through 3.6.6 does not handle string copy properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program, it would query its database and copy the result even if the result is null, which can incur a head-based overflow. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.11

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities (USN-7010-1) dcmtk_3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1_amd64.debLinux
OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities (USN-7010-1) libdcmtk14_3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234