Red Hat Enterprise Linux (iperf): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service
WID-SEC-2025-0038 · first 09.01.2025 · updated 18.02.2026 · CVSS 7,5
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in iperf ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- RESF Rocky Linux
- NetApp Data ONTAP 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux iperf3
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory vom 2025-01-08 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-0161 vom 2025-01-10 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0168 vom 2025-01-09 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-0168 vom 2025-01-11 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:0168 vom 2025-01-11 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0346 vom 2025-01-15 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0403 vom 2025-01-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0404 vom 2025-01-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0402 vom 2025-01-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0440 vom 2025-01-20 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0570 vom 2025-01-21 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0505 vom 2025-01-21 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0548 vom 2025-01-21 access.redhat.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS-2025-2736 vom 2025-01-24 alas.aws.amazon.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14700-1 vom 2025-01-28 lists.opensuse.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-0402 vom 2025-01-28 linux.oracle.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14700-1 vom 2025-01-28 lists.opensuse.org
- Debian Security Advisory DLA-4032 vom 2025-01-28 lists.debian.org
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2025:0291-1 vom 2025-01-29 lists.opensuse.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:1013 vom 2025-02-04 access.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2025:20290-1 vom 2025-06-04 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2025:20289-1 vom 2025-06-04 lists.suse.com
- NetApp Security Advisory NTAP-20250404-0009 vom 2025-06-27 security.netapp.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:20295-1 vom 2026-02-13 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:20403-1 vom 2026-02-17 lists.suse.com
CVE: CVE-2024-53580
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.