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.
References
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http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked | Vendor Advisory |
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218 | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-04-03T20:00:00
Updated: 2017-04-07T14:57:01
Reserved: 2017-03-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-7397
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-03T20:59:00.200
Modified: 2024-05-17T01:19:47.683
Link: CVE-2017-7397
JSON object: View
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CWE