CVE-2017-9732

The read_packet function in knc (Kerberised NetCat) before 1.11-1 is vulnerable to denial of service (memory exhaustion) that can be exploited remotely without authentication, possibly affecting another services running on the targeted host.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-12-20

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Kerberised Netcat (Secure-endpoints)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150534/knc-Kerberized-NetCat-Denial-Of-Service.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/65
• https://github.com/elric1/knc/commit/f237f3e09ecbaf59c897f5046538a7b1a3fa40c1
• https://github.com/irsl/knc-memory-exhaustion/