Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting iperf3 package, versions <0:3.9-10.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.96% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-IPERF3-7872626
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed11 Jul 2023

Introduced: 11 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-38403  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 iperf3 to version 0:3.9-10.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:4571.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iperf3 package and not the iperf3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1