Description (CNA)
(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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532261/100/0/threaded
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58916
- http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES.361
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67784
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532261/100/0/threaded
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58916
- http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES.361
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67784
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11