CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-9732.md

### [CVE-2017-9732](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9732)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150534/knc-Kerberized-NetCat-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/65
- https://github.com/irsl/knc-memory-exhaustion/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/irsl/knc-memory-exhaustion