Out-of-Bounds Affecting iperf3 package, versions <3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.96% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IPERF3-280868
  • published26 Sept 2016
  • disclosed26 Sept 2016

Introduced: 26 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-4303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 iperf3 to version 3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iperf3 package and not the iperf3 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1