Debian DSA-5455-1 : iperf3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 178331

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5455 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the iperf3 packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.12-1+deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178331

File Name: debian_DSA-5455.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/17/2023

Updated: 7/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iperf3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libiperf-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libiperf0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

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