Amazon Linux AMI update for iperf3



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-38403
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

iperf3
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU78695

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38403

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted length field to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS0 attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    iperf3-devel-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    iperf3-debugsource-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    iperf3-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    iperf3-debuginfo-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64

src:
    iperf3-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.src

x86_64:
    iperf3-debugsource-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    iperf3-debuginfo-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    iperf3-devel-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    iperf3-3.11-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

iperf3: before 3.11-1

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-274.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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