SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : iperf (SUSE-SU-2025:0291-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214883

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0291-1 advisory.

- Update to version 3.18
- CVE-2024-53580: Fixed a segmentation violation via the iperf_exchange_parameters() function.
(bsc#1234705)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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

Update the affected iperf, iperf-devel and / or libiperf0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214883

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0291-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/3/2025

Updated: 2/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2024-53580

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:novell:suse_linux:iperf, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libiperf0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:iperf-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53580

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0291-1

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