Bug 2106330 (CVE-2021-41690) - CVE-2021-41690 dcmtk: sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can incur a memory leak
Summary: CVE-2021-41690 dcmtk: sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can in...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-41690
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2106331 2106332
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-07-12 11:42 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2022-08-29 22:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-08-29 22:25:56 UTC
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Description Marian Rehak 2022-07-12 11:42:30 UTC 
The malloced memory for storing all file information are recorded in a global variable LST and are not freed properly. Sending specific requests to the dcmqrdb program can incur a memory leak. An attacker can use it to launch a DoS attack.

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https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/commit/a9697dfeb672b0b9412c00c7d36d801e27ec85cb
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-07-12 11:42:48 UTC 
Created dcmtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2106332]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2106331]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-08-29 22:25:55 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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