FreeBSD iperf3 buffer overflow in control channel processing can lead to denial of service or remote code execution
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
---|---|---|---|---|
OSV | iperf3 vulnerability | 15 Mar 202121:06 | – | osv |
OSV | iperf-3.1.3-1.3 on GA media | 15 Jun 202400:00 | – | osv |
OSV | iperf3 - security update | 27 Jan 202000:00 | – | osv |
OpenVAS | Fedora Update for iperf3 FEDORA-2016-45402a6f3b | 19 Jun 201600:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Fedora Update for iperf3 FEDORA-2016-d67864115d | 19 Jun 201600:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2080-1) | 28 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4788-1) | 27 Jan 202300:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Fedora Update for iperf3 FEDORA-2016-9693e82a25 | 19 Jun 201600:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0235) | 28 Jan 202200:00 | – | openvas |
Talos | ESnet iPerf3 JSON parse_string UTF Code Execution Vulnerability | 8 Jun 201600:00 | – | talos |
Source | Link |
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nessus | www.nessus.org/u |
nessus | www.nessus.org/u |
cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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updates."
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
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"ESnet reports :
A malicious process can connect to an iperf3 server and, by sending a
malformed message on the control channel, corrupt the server process's
heap area. This can lead to a crash (and a denial of service), or
theoretically a remote code execution as the user running the iperf3
server. A malicious iperf3 server could potentially mount a similar
attack on an iperf3 client."
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script_set_attribute(
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/06/08");
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"iperf3>=3.1<3.1.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"iperf3>=3.0<3.0.12")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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