CVE-2017-7397

PoC ×3—

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

11%p96

Published

Apr 3, 2017 (Apr 3, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: backbox
Products: backbox linux
Weakness: CWE-400
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (11.1%)

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