CVE-2017-7397

BackBox Linux 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ksoftirqd CPU consumption) via a flood of packets with Martian source IP addresses (as defined in RFC 1812 section 5.3.7). This product enables net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians by default. NOTE: the vendor reports "It has been proved that this vulnerability has no foundation and it is totally fake and based on false assumptions.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

11.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2017-04-03

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781

Security advisories

• https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked
• https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-s…
• http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361
• https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry