DCMTK up to 3.6.8 dcmdata memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in DCMTK up to 3.6.8. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component dcmdata. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-34509. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DCMTK up to 3.6.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component dcmdata. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

dcmdata in DCMTK before 3.6.9 has a segmentation fault via an invalid DIMSE message.

The advisory is available at support.dcmtk.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-34509. The exploitation is known to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214857 (Debian dla-4038 : dcmtk - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.6.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214857). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214857
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4038 : dcmtk - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: DCMTK 3.6.9

Timelineinfo

05/05/2024 🔍
05/05/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2025 +272 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.dcmtk.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-34509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-34509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263138

Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2024 21:37
Updated: 02/01/2025 06:56
Changes: 05/05/2024 21:37 (51), 06/29/2024 07:28 (1), 11/19/2024 01:53 (12), 02/01/2025 06:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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