MidnightBSD

Advisories for backbox

CVE-2017-7397 MEDIUM

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.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-400,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
backbox backbox_linux 4.6