CVE-2024-34509 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34509 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-34509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34509/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34509/index.md)
A segmentation fault in DCMTK allows attackers to cause a denial of service via invalid DIMSE messages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-34509?
CVE-2024-34509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dcmdata in DCMTK before 3.6.9 has a segmentation fault via an invalid DIMSE message.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34509?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Offis Dcmtk.
How do I fix CVE-2024-34509?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-34509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-34509, GHSA-5pq7-gc86-75cp, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-34509.