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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6825
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6825
Aliases CVE-2013-6825
Summary (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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6825.json
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES.361
http://hmarco.org/bugs/dcmtk-3.6.1-privilege-escalation.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11
http://secunia.com/advisories/58916
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6825
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6825
No exploits are available.

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.
There are no known vectors.

There are no SSVC decisions available.