USN-7010-1: DCMTK vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

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

• dcmtk - 3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libdcmtk17t64 - 3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04

• dcmtk - 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libdcmtk16 - 3.6.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04

• dcmtk - 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1
• libdcmtk14 - 3.6.4-2.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• dcmtk - 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libdcmtk12 - 3.6.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• dcmtk - 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libdcmtk5 - 3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2021-41688
• CVE-2024-34508
• CVE-2024-34509
• CVE-2022-2121
• CVE-2021-41689
• CVE-2021-41690
• CVE-2022-43272
• CVE-2024-28130
• CVE-2021-41687

Related notices

• USN-5882-1: libdcmtk16, libdcmtk12, dcmtk, libdcmtk17, libdcmtk-dev, dcmtk-doc, libdcmtk5, libdcmtk14