CVE-2017-9732 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause memory exhaustion in Kerberised NetCat, leading to denial of service without authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-9732?
CVE-2017-9732 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9732?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Secure-Endpoints Kerberised Netcat.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9732?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9732 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-9732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmpq-8mxr-7pxx.