| Name | CVE-2024-26306 |
| Description | iPerf3 before 3.17, when used with OpenSSL before 3.2.0 as a server with RSA authentication, allows a timing side channel in RSA decryption operations. This side channel could be sufficient for an attacker to recover credential plaintext. It requires the attacker to send a large number of messages for decryption, as described in "Everlasting ROBOT: the Marvin Attack" by Hubert Kario. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1071751 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| iperf3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.0.7-1+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.1.3-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 3.6-2+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.9-1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.12-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| 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 | (unstable) | 3.17.1-1 | | | 1071751 |
Notes
[bookworm] - iperf3 <ignored> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - iperf3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - iperf3 <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
[stretch] - iperf3 <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
[jessie] - iperf3 <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)