RLSA-2026:61257
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:61257
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:61257.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:61257
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-08-31T12:01:50.242555Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-31T12:30:03.004035259Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Important: iperf3 security update
- Details
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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):
- iperf3: iperf3 server accepts unbounded peer-controlled JSON parameters enabling remote denial of service via resource exhaustion (CVE-2026-71217)
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.
- Database specific
{ "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:61257", "license": "CC-BY-4.0" }- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:8 / iperf3
Package
- Name
- iperf3
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/iperf3?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0