Debian DLA-3506-1 : iperf3 - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 178951

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3506 advisory.

- iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field. (CVE-2023-38403)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the iperf3 packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.6-2+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178951

File Name: debian_DLA-3506.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/27/2023

Updated: 8/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38403

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iperf3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libiperf-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libiperf0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38403

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