CVE-2017-7397
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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."
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-7397
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2017-04-03T20:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:backbox:backbox_linux:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked | Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7397 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7397 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:28:00 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 15:28:49 | 2017-04-03T20:59Z | 2017-04-03T20:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 15:28:49 | 2019-10-03T00:03:26 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 15:28:49 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |