The 'iperf3' package in Ubuntu 16.04 is missing an update (USN-4788-1) for a mishandling of certain UTF-8 and UTF-16 strings, potentially leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
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![]() | Fedora 22 : iperf3 (2016-45402a6f3b) | 14 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DLA-2080-1 : iperf3 security update | 28 Jan 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : iperf3 vulnerability (USN-4788-1) | 20 Oct 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 23 : iperf3 (2016-9693e82a25) | 14 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 24 : iperf3 (2016-d67864115d) | 14 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : iperf3 -- buffer overflow (d6bbf2d8-2cfc-11e6-800b-080027468580) | 9 Jun 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : iperf (openSUSE-2016-1006) | 22 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | ESnet iPerf3 JSON parse_string UTF Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2016-4303) | 20 Oct 201700:00 | – | seebug |
![]() | CVE-2016-4303 | 26 Sep 201614:59 | – | cve |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DLA 2080-1] iperf3 security update | 27 Jan 202021:51 | – | debian |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4788-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2021.4788.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4303");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-01-27 04:10:43 +0000 (Fri, 27 Jan 2023)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-09-27 16:51:08 +0000 (Tue, 27 Sep 2016)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4788-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU16\.04\ LTS");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-4788-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4788-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'iperf3' package(s) announced via the USN-4788-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that iperf mishandled certain UTF-8 and UTF-16 strings.
A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'iperf3' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"iperf3", ver:"3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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