Amazon Linux 2 : iperf3 (ALAS-2024-2579)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200905

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of iperf3 installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.7-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2579 advisory.

It is possible for a malicious or malfunctioning client to send lessthan the expected amount of data to the server. If this happens, theserver will hang indefinitely waiting for the remainder (or until theconnection gets closed). Because iperf3 is deliberately designed toservice only one client connection at a time, this will prevent otherconnections to the iperf3 server.Avoid running iperf3 with root privileges to minimize impact.Update iperf3 to a version containing the fix (i.e. iperf-3.15 orlater).
(CVE-2023-7250)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update iperf3' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200905

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2579.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/24/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:iperf3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:iperf3, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:iperf3-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7250

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