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FreeBSD: iperf3 -- buffer overflow (CVE-2016-4303)

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FreeBSD: iperf3 -- buffer overflow (CVE-2016-4303)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/09/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

ESnet reports: A malicious process can connect to an iperf3 server and, by sending a malformed message on the control channel, corrupt the server process's heap area. This can lead to a crash (and a denial of service), or theoretically a remote code execution as the user running the iperf3 server. A malicious iperf3 server could potentially mount a similar attack on an iperf3 client.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-iperf3

References

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