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
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/irsl/knc-memory-exhaustion/ | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/elric1/knc/commit/f237f3e09ecbaf59c897f5046538a7b1a3fa40c1 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/65 | Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150534/knc-Kerberized-NetCat-Denial-Of-Service.html | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2018-12-20 15:29
Updated : 2019-01-11 08:24
NVD link : CVE-2017-9732
Mitre link : CVE-2017-9732
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
secure-endpoints
- kerberised_netcat