A vulnerability was found in LEADTOOLS 20.0.2019.3.15. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file libltdic.so. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Packet leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Dicom-packet parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS libltdic.so version 20.0.2019.3.15. A specially crafted packet can cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.

The weakness was presented 12/12/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at talosintelligence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5091 since 01/04/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• 20.0.2019.3.15

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