VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-9732
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory