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Posted on 01 August 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: iperf3 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4414-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4414
Issue date: 2023-08-01
CVE Names: CVE-2023-38403
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1. Summary:
An update for iperf3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
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.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2222204 - CVE-2023-38403 iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):
Source:
iperf3-3.5-7.el8_6.src.rpm
aarch64:
iperf3-3.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-3.5-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
iperf3-3.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-3.5-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
iperf3-3.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-3.5-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
iperf3-3.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
iperf3-3.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-3.5-7.el8_6.i686.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-3.5-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38403
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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