{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "MGASA-2023-0083",
  "published": "2023-03-11T19:00:39Z",
  "modified": "2026-03-25T01:50:09Z",
  "summary": "Updated dcmtk packages fix security vulnerability",
  "details": "Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If\na user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain\nspecially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688,\nCVE-2021-41689, and CVE-2021-41690)\n\nSharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled\ncertain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening\na certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2119 and\nCVE-2022-2120)\n\nSharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled\npointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a\ncertain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2121)\n\nIt was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a\nuser or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially\ncrafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-43272)\n",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-41687",
    "CVE-2021-41688",
    "CVE-2021-41689",
    "CVE-2021-41690",
    "CVE-2022-2119",
    "CVE-2022-2120",
    "CVE-2022-2121",
    "CVE-2022-43272"
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0083.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30790"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://dicom.offis.de/download/dcmtk/dcmtk367/ANNOUNCE"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/2Z7WVDK43MKWOS23BIN4VCQRQRXHGSDB/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WF2FCZOYXVZ4ETCHO62JWUP4D55UWJCV/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5882-1"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Mageia:8",
        "name": "dcmtk",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/mageia/dcmtk?arch=source&distro=mageia-8"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.6.5-3.1.mga8"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "section": "core"
      }
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Mageia",
      "type": "COORDINATOR",
      "contact": [
        "https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"
      ]
    }
  ]
}