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RedHat RHEL 7 RHSA-2023-4326 Important: iperf3 Memory Crash

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The vital security patch released by Ubuntu for netcat resolves critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities impacting multiple platforms. Keep informed.
An update for iperf3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.
Security Fix(es):
* iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash (CVE-2023-38403)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important system crash memory hazard iperf3

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38403 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm iperf3-devel-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-devel-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm iperf3-devel-3.1.7-3.el7_9.i686.rpm iperf3-devel-3.1.7-3.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.ppc.rpm iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.ppc64.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.ppc.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.1.7-3.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.s390.rpm iperf3-3.1.7-3.el7_9.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4326-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4326
Issue date: 2023-07-31

Topic

An update for iperf3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important system crash memory hazard iperf3

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2222204 - CVE-2023-38403 iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash

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