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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:10.615Z
Reserved: 2017-03-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-7397

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-04-03T20:59:00.200
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-7397

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