CVE-2017-9732

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    CVE-2017-9732

    Published: 20 Dec 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -f237f3e09ecbaf59c897f5046538a7b1a3fa40c1

    Affected versions

    elric_sig_20130829155900

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High