SB2022120232 - Denial of service in DCMTK
Published: December 2, 2022 Updated: August 18, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022120232
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43272)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in T_ASC_Association object. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/songxpu/bug_report/tree/master/DCMTK/memory_leak_in_3.6.7
- https://www.wolai.com/vaVuMxU4gGqFakbzvc9NYw
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3QG7MSHORLYAHDXMYG6FQKU4GOCRBCR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMQ2USESKF6OAZAH64OFHNK2HJIJVGPP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4HROBSUUV2LZCYUNODI2YM7G7AYYO75B/