RHSA-2024:4241 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: iperf3 security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 3, 2024
Updated · March 18, 2026
Topic
An update for iperf3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.
Security Fix(es):
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iperf3: possible denial of service (CVE-2023-7250)
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iperf3: vulnerable to marvin attack if the authentication option is used (CVE-2024-26306)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.