{"id":"CVE-2017-7397","aliases":["EUVD-2017-16422","GHSA-39jm-fm9j-jg9p"],"status":"disputed","title":"** DISPUTED ** BackBox Linux 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ksoftirqd...","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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.11066,"percentile":0.95946,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"published":"2017-04-03T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:24:16Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-41781","title":"BackBox OS - Denial of Service","type":"dos","platform":"linux","date":"2017-04-02","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781"}],"products":[{"vendor":"backbox","product":"backbox_linux"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7397"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-39jm-fm9j-jg9p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-7397","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). 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NOTE: the vendor reports \"It has been proved that this vulnerability has no foundation and it is totally fake and based on false assumptions.","status":"published","published":"2017-04-03T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T16:04:10Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:08.461482Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-39jm-fm9j-jg9p","title":"** DISPUTED ** BackBox Linux 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ksoftirqd...","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.  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NOTE: the vendor reports \"It has been proved that this vulnerability has no foundation and it is totally fake and based on false assumptions.","status":"disputed","published":"2017-04-03T20:59:00.2Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:24:16.13Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:44.86906Z"}]}}