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TITLE:
DevIL DICOM "GetUID()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37507

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37507/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in DevIL, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using
the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"GetUID()" function in src-IL/src/il_dicom.c. This can be exploited
to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted DICOM file in an application using the
library.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.7.8. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted DICOM files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2908728&group_id=4470&atid=304470

Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-51/

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