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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703749
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3749-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dcmtk' package(s) announced via the DSA-3749-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dcmtk' package(s) announced via the DSA-3749-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Labs discovered that dcmtk, a collection of libraries implementing the DICOM standard, did not properly handle the size of data received from the network. This could lead to denial-of-service (via application crash) or arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.0-15+deb8u1.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.1~
20160216-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your dcmtk packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'dcmtk' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8979
BugTraq ID: 94951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94951
Debian Security Information: DSA-3749 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3749
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140191/DCMTK-storescp-DICOM-storage-C-STORE-SCP-Remote-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5384.php
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/18/2
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