Vulnerability CVE-2013-6825
Published: 2014-06-10

Description:
(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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
DCMTK Privilege Escalation
Hector Marco
03.06.2014

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Offis -> Dcmtk 

 References:
http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES.361
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532261/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67784
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