CVE-2017-7397

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-03 20:59

Updated : 2024-05-17 01:19

NVD link : CVE-2017-7397

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7397

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7397

JSON object : View

Products Affected

backbox

backbox_linux

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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