CVE-2017-7397 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-04-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 19.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19877.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361
https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001
https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/

History

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Subscriptions

Backbox Backbox Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-03T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:10.615Z

Reserved: 2017-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7397

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-03T20:59:00.200

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7397

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

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