Integer overflow in iperf - CVE-2023-38403

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Integer overflow in iperf - CVE-2023-38403

Published: July 26, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78695
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38403
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted length field to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS0 attack.


Affected software

iperf
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
CentOS
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
macOS
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
iperf3 (Ubuntu package)
libiperf0 (Ubuntu package)
iperf3-devel
iperf3
iperf3 (Red Hat package)
iperf-debugsource
libiperf0
iperf-debuginfo
iperf-devel
iperf
libiperf0-debuginfo
iperf3-help
iperf3-debugsource
iperf3-debuginfo
iperf3-doc

How to mitigate CVE-2023-38403

Install updates from vendor's website.

iperf - update to 3.14
macOS - addressed in versions 13.6.1 22G313, 14.1 23B74
iperf3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.9-1+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 3.12-1+deb12u1build0.23.04.1
libiperf0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 3.9-1+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 3.12-1+deb12u1build0.23.04.1
iperf3-devel - addressed in versions 3.1.7-3, 3.14-1
iperf3 - addressed in versions 3.1.7-3, 3.9-10, 3.14-1
iperf3 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.1.7-3.el7_9, 3.5-4.el8_1, 3.5-4.el8_2, 3.5-7.el8_4, 3.5-7.el8_6, 3.5-7.el8_8, 3.9-10.el9_0, 3.9-10.el9_2
iperf-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.5-150000.3.3.1, 3.15-150000.3.6.1
libiperf0 - addressed in versions 3.5-150000.3.3.1, 3.15-150000.3.6.1
iperf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.5-150000.3.3.1, 3.15-150000.3.6.1
iperf-devel - addressed in versions 3.5-150000.3.3.1, 3.15-150000.3.6.1
iperf - addressed in versions 3.5-150000.3.3.1, 3.15-150000.3.6.1
libiperf0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.5-150000.3.3.1, 3.15-150000.3.6.1
iperf3-help - update to 3.6-6
iperf3 - update to 3.6-6
iperf3-debugsource - update to 3.6-6
iperf3-devel - update to 3.6-6
iperf3-debuginfo - update to 3.6-6
iperf3 - update to 3.11-1
iperf3-doc - update to 3.14-1
iperf3 - addressed in versions 3.14-1.fc37, 3.14-1.fc38, 3.14-1.fc39

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