CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- secure-endpoints:kerberised_netcat
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/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150534/knc-Kerberized-NetCat-Denial-Of-Service.html