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CVE-2013-6825

Published: Jun 10, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

(1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

20140602 CVE-2013-6825 DCMTK Root Privilege escalation

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html

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third-party-advisory

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http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES.361

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vdb-entry

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20140604 CVE-2013-6825 DCMTK Root Privilege escalation

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