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Rocky Linux 9 : iperf3 (RLSA-2023:4571)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180159

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:4571 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

Update the affected iperf3, iperf3-debuginfo and / or iperf3-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:4571

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222204

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180159

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-4571.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/24/2023

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous 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:rocky:linux:iperf3, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iperf3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iperf3-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38403