| Name | CVE-2016-4303 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2080-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 827116 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.0.7-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.1.3-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 3.6-2+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.9-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.12-1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.17.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | source | jessie | 3.0.7-1+deb8u1 | DLA-2080-1 | ||
| iperf3 | source | (unstable) | 3.1.3-1 | 827116 |
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/security/master/cve-2016-4303/esnet-secadv-2016-0001.txt.asc
https://github.com/esnet/iperf/commit/f01a9ca8f7e878e438a53687dabe30b7f7222912 (3.1.x)
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0164/