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Mageia 9 iperf Important Buffer Overflow Auth Failure Vuln 2026-0021

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Updated iperf packages in Mageia fix critical security issues including buffer overflows and authentication errors.
MGASA-2026-0021 - Updated iperf packages fix security vulnerabilities

Summary

Description: In iperf before 3.19.1, iperf_auth.c has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2025-54349) In iperf before 3.19.1, iperf_auth.c has a Base64Decode assertion failure and application exit upon a malformed authentication attempt. (CVE-2025-54350)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35047

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7970-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54349

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54350

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important Mageia authentication error iperf

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/iperf-3.18-1.1.mga9

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 27 Jan 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0021.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-54349, CVE-2025-54350

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important Mageia authentication error iperf

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