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Mageia 9: MGASA-2025-0017 critical: dcmtk DICOM improper index flaws

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2025
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The latest Mageia dcmtk updates tackle significant array boundary flaws. Discover further details on the modifications and resolutions.
An improper array index validation vulnerability exists in the nowindow functionality of OFFIS

Summary

An improper array index validation vulnerability exists in the nowindow functionality of OFFIS. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability, CVE-2024-47796. An improper array index validation vulnerability exists in the determineMinMax functionality of OFFIS. A specially crafted DICOM file can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability, CVE-2024-52333.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33930

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47796

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52333

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update array index Mageia DICOM OFFIS

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/dcmtk-3.6.7-4.3.mga9

Severity
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Publication date: 20 Jan 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0017.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-47796, CVE-2024-52333

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update array index Mageia DICOM OFFIS

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