DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979
Upstream
Published
2017-02-15T15:59:00.247Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:01:17.301970Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.1~20160216-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979.json"

Debian:12 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.1~20160216-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979.json"

Debian:13 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.1~20160216-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979.json"

Debian:14 / dcmtk

Package

Name
dcmtk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dcmtk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.1~20160216-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8979.json"