CVE-2017-7397

HIGH

BackBox Linux 4.6 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by FarazPajohan · cdoslinux

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (5)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361

[Vendor Advisory] https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001

[Vendor Advisory] https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.1988

EPSS Percentile 95.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-400

Status published

Products (1)

backbox/backbox_linux 4.6

Published Apr 03, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026