Synopsis
Important: iperf3 security update
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):
* 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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 10 aarch64
Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le
Rocky Linux 10 riscv64
Rocky Linux 10 s390x
Rocky Linux 10 x86_64
Fixes
2460984
CVEs
CVE-2026-71217
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 10 aarch64 - AppStream
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.src.rpm
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.aarch64.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.aarch64.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le - AppStream
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.src.rpm
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 riscv64 - AppStream
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.src.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 s390x - AppStream
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.src.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.s390x.rpm
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.s390x.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.s390x.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 x86_64 - AppStream
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.src.rpm
iperf3-debugsource-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.x86_64.rpm
iperf3-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.x86_64.rpm
iperf3-debuginfo-0:3.17.1-6.el10_2.1.x86_64.rpm