UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6825

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6825

    Published: 10 Jun 2014Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6825

    Summary:

    Details: (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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6825, http://hmarco.org/bugs/dcmtk-3.6.1-privilege-escalation.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/58916, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html, http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES.361, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6825

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dcmtk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.6.7-9
    3.6.7-9.1build2
    3.6.7-9.1build3
    3.6.7-9.1build4
    3.6.7-9.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High