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CVE-2017-7397

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

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.

Affected products

• Backbox Linux: 4.6

References

• 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/
• 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/

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