cve/2017/CVE-2017-7397.md

CVE-2017-7397

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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."

POC

Reference

• https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/

Github

• https://github.com/vin01/bogus-cves