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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-7397 EUVD-2017-16422GHSA-39jm-fm9j-jg9p

BackBox Linux 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ksoftirqd CPU consumption) via a flood of packets with Martian sour…

Published Apr 3, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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