CVE-2017-7397

moderate-risk
Published 2017-04-03

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.

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19.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 80% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
41781
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Backbox

References (10)

Exploit http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361
Vendor Advisory https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked
Exploit https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001
Vendor Advisory https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-de...
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/
Exploit http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361
Vendor Advisory https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked
Exploit https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001
Vendor Advisory https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-de...
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal