Amazon Linux 2023 : iperf3, iperf3-devel (ALAS2023-2023-274)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179784

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-274 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

Run 'dnf update iperf3 --releasever 2023.1.20230809' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-274.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38403.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179784

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-274.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2023

Updated: 8/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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:amazon:linux:iperf3, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:iperf3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:iperf3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:iperf3-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38403