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Ubuntu: USN-4788-1 (CVE-2016-4303): iperf3 vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4788-1 (CVE-2016-4303): iperf3 vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/26/2016
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a non-hex character in a JSON string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-iperf3

References

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