#VU78695 Integer overflow in iperf - CVE-2023-38403
Published: July 26, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78695
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38403
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
iperf
iperf
Software vendor:
ESnet
ESnet
Description
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/esnet/iperf/commit/0ef151550d96cc4460f98832df84b4a1e87c65e9
- https://bugs.debian.org/1040830
- https://github.com/esnet/iperf/issues/1542
- https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00025.html