Description

A malicious or compromised server can make a DCMTK client using bit-preserving C-GET storage mode write files outside the chosen output directory, using both relative (../) paths and absolute paths.

Severity (CVSS)

Base score9.3
SeverityCritical
VersionCVSS 4.0
VectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Provided byCNA

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 — CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
OFFIS DICOMDCMTK Toolkit0 to <=3.7.0

References

Authoritative sources

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