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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a d...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dcmtk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1~20160216-2"}]}]

Debian:13 dcmtk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1~20160216-2"}]}]

Debian:14 dcmtk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.1~20160216-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org