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Mageia: 2023-0271 Moderate: Iperf Integer Overflow Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2023
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Mageia 2023-0272 introduces a crucial patch for openssh, addressing buffer overflow and remote code execution vulnerabilities across multiple versions.
It was discovered that iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field (CVE-2023-38403)

Summary

It was discovered that iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field (CVE-2023-38403).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32120

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2023/msg00147.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38403

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38403

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory heap corruption integer overflow Mageia iperf

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/iperf-3.14-1.mga8

- 9/core/iperf-3.14-1.mga9

Publication date: 30 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0271.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-38403

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory heap corruption integer overflow Mageia iperf

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