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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5455
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5455-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'iperf3' package(s) announced via the DSA-5455-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'iperf3' package(s) announced via the DSA-5455-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A memory allocation issue was found in iperf3, the Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool, that could cause denial of service when encontering certain invalid length value in TCP packet.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.9-1+deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.12-1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your iperf3 packages.

For the detailed security status of iperf3 please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'iperf3' package(s) on Debian 11, Debian 12.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-38403
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BV6EBWWF4PEQKROEVXGYSTIT2MGBTLU7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M25Z5FHTO3XWMGP37JHJ7IIIHSGCLKEV/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
https://bugs.debian.org/1040830
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc
https://github.com/esnet/iperf/commit/0ef151550d96cc4460f98832df84b4a1e87c65e9
https://github.com/esnet/iperf/issues/1542
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00025.html
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