RockyLinux 8 : iperf3 (RLSA-2024:4241)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235573

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:4241 advisory.

* iperf3: possible denial of service (CVE-2023-7250)

* iperf3: vulnerable to marvin attack if the authentication option is used (CVE-2024-26306)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected iperf3, iperf3-debuginfo and / or iperf3-debugsource packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235573

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-4241.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26306

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iperf3, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iperf3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:iperf3-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7250, CVE-2024-26306

Detections

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