UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2120

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2120

    Published: 24 Jun 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-2120
    Aliases:
    USN-5882-1

    Summary:

    Details: OFFIS DCMTK's (All versions prior to 3.6.7) service class user (SCU) is vulnerable to relative path traversal, allowing an attacker to write DICOM files into arbitrary directories under controlled names. This could allow remote code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2120, https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-22-174-01, https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1021, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5882-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2120

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dcmtk

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.6.1~20150924-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    3.6.0-15.1
    3.6.1~20150629-5
    3.6.1~20150924-4
    3.6.1~20150924-5

    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
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