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CVE-2017-7397 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked CVEVendor Advisory
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218 CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/ CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
backbox backbox linux
4.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:backbox:backbox_linux:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7397
NVD Published Date:
Apr 3, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7397 Details - Not Deferred